NHS Dental Crisis Now Hits Greater Manchester

A new report by Greater Manchester Healthwatch has highlighted that there’s been a ‘huge increase’ in the number of patients struggling to find NHS dentists in the city.

A new report by Greater Manchester Healthwatch has highlighted that there’s been a ‘huge increase’ in the number of patients struggling to find NHS dentists in the city.
A shocking survey shows that more than half of general medical practitioners have faced verbal abuse from patients, or those accompanying them, in the past month.
Students who have won places to study dentistry are being offered £10,000 to transfer to different universities that haven’t been oversubscribed.
A new study has shown a stark disparity in the distribution of dental specialists in the UK.
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A specialist barrister has said that while “It is likely that a substantial number of cases will follow” in the wake of the Raj Rattan ‘vicarious liability’ case, the court’s examination of the NHS GDS contract may “Not be relevant to private dental work.”
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