The extent of the NHS dental crisis was brought home to viewers yesterday, when Dr Eddie Crouch appeared on the BBC’s Breakfast programme to outline the problems facing the dental health service.
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It looks like frontline NHS England staff WILL have to be fully vaccinated against COVID, after Whitehall sources told the BBC that the Government is expected to announce a deadline will be set for next spring to give unvaccinated staff time to get both doses.
NHS dentistry has received support from Members of Parliament during a Public Bill Committee meeting debating the Government’s Health and Care.
Read more: MPs Support Dentists and Dental Labs In Health Bill Discussions
The dangers of cut-price dentistry have finally been brought to the attention of the UK general public after an investigation by a national news outlet.
The British Dental Association Scotland has said that delivering high volumes of care is ‘Simply unsustainable’ after Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Health, Humza Yousaf, sent a devastating letter to dentists, announcing that all the emergency support provided during the pandemic is to be withdrawn on April 1st next year.
Read more: Is Scotland’s Potentially Disastrous Action, A Template For England?
The fight against unsafe remote orthodontic treatment has had a massive boost, with Europe-wide support from dental organisations joining together to declare ‘DIY Orthodontics is hazardous for patients.’
Read more: European Backing For Fight Against DIY Orthodontics