There is no respite in the bad news stories about NHS access but a clear pattern has now emerged. There is a sad predictability to both the stories of the dentally disenfranchised, and the responses from those nominally responsible for providing their care.
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New Government proposals to limit the legal costs that lawyers can recover for clinical negligence claims have been welcomed by Dental Protection.
Read more: New Proposals To Curb Negligence Claims Don’t Go Far Enough Says Dental Protection
It was headlined bluntly in Hansard as, “NHS Dentistry Backlog,” being part of the latest Health and Social Care debate in the House of Commons, but did not see the government bring out its big hitters.
Dentist shortages could be alleviated by employing more dental therapists, a leading dental academic has claimed.
Read more: Dental Dean Calls For More Therapists To Solve Dentist Shortage
Over recent weeks GDPUK has highlighted numerous reports of patients unable to access an NHS dentist. Much of our reporting is gathered from the pages of local press which over the last ten days has reached a crescendo across the length and breadth of the country.
Read more: From North to South NHS Dental Crisis Is Failing Thousands
Blackadder’s assistant, Baldrick’s announcement that “I have a cunning plan,” became comic shorthand for ‘I have a ridiculous plan that really won’t help’.