Welsh Lib Dem leader concerned over dental access
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- Published: Monday, 23 April 2012 09:25
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Welsh Lib Dems leader Kirsty Williams AM has said that only 37% of dentists in Wales are accepting new NHS patients. She said in the Welsh Assembly: “said: “Although the new dental contract was supposed to improve access to NHS dentists for all, the worrying truth is that NHS dentistry in Wales is still far from a universal public service.” |
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The Welsh Liberal Democrats also say that waiting lists for new patients wanting a dentist are lengthy and found it to be six years at one practice.
Research by the Welsh Lib Dems showed 63% of dentists which accept NHS patients have a waiting list and at 65% of these it was longer than two months. Some 55% of dental practices reported an increase in missed appointments in the last year and 53% reported problems with the way the current dental contract operates, with 31% believing the contract needed to change.
The Welsh government said access to an NHS dentist had improved in recent years and the Adult Dental Health Survey published in 2011 revealed that in 2009, 69% of adults in Wales regularly attended the dentists, compared to 59% in 1998.
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