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Women at ‘breaking point’ due to dental crisis, research warns
New research reveals how the dental access crisis is pushing women across the country to ‘breaking point’. Many reported sacrificing…
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‘No future for NHS dentistry without reform’, report warns
Experts are calling for contract reform to maintain the dental workforce as a new report identified more than 5,500 unfilled…
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NHS 111 given powers to directly book dental appointments
Nearly 10,000 urgent appointments have been booked through a pilot scheme allowing the NHS 111 service to directly arrange appointments…
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NHS dentistry satisfaction reaches record low
Public dissatisfaction with dentistry is higher than with any other NHS service, with only one in five people satisfied with…
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Man forced to drive 1,000 miles for NHS dental care
A man from Cornwall reportedly drove for more than 10 hours for an NHS dental appointment in Scotland after searching…
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Nearly one in four children skip toothbrushing
A new survey has revealed that nearly a quarter of children (24%) skip toothbrushing altogether because they ‘forget or become…
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Antibiotics in dentistry: prescribing remains ‘in excess’ of pre-pandemic levels
Prescribing levels of antibiotics across each of the UK’s four nations have been slow to return to where they would…
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‘Dental care is healthcare’: man who nearly died after struggling to find dentist speaks out
‘Dental care is healthcare’ – these are the words of a man who almost lost his life to sepsis after struggling to…
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NHS dentistry and contract reform: care minister updates profession
The government has a ‘moral duty’ to support communities that need access to NHS dentistry. This according to the minister…
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Keir Starmer to abolish NHS England: the dental profession reacts
Prime minister Keir Starmer has announced he will abolish NHS England, the administrator managing the health service, as experts warn…
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The truth will out: evidence-based solutions for NHS dentistry
Neil Carmichael highlights the importance of evidence from within the profession in the campaign to fix NHS dentistry. In my…
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‘Reheated austerity’ – NHS dental charges to increase
NHS dental charges for patients in England will increase by around 2.3% from 1 April 2025, sparking criticism from the…
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Exclusive: it’s time that we change dentistry, says chief dental officer
Jason Wong, chief dental officer (CDO) for England, discusses the government’s priorities for dentistry and what it is doing to…
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Extra NHS dental appointments: 1.5 million could remain untreated
Demand for an NHS dentist stands at 2.2 million – but new urgent appointments will only cover one third of…
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MPs call for more action to tackle dental crisis
All four Labour MPs representing Dorset have joined forces to urge the government to tackle the dental desert created in…
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Exclusive: care minister slates ‘Dickensian’ childhood extraction figures
Almost 50,000 children aged 0 to 19 had a tooth extraction in NHS hospitals last financial year, according to newly-released…
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NHS dentistry: 700,000 extra urgent appointments set to be rolled out
Thousands of patients across England will be able to access urgent and emergency dental care as the government and NHS…
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Half of gen Z NHS staff made ill by stress at work
More than half of the gen Z cohort aged 21 to 30 had been made ill by work-related stress in…
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One in five patients find their local hospital building unsafe
Almost 20% of the public said their local hospital was not a safe place to receive care in a recent…
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