The British Dental Association has urged government to step up as Leigh, Greater Manchester, joined the growing list of communities where struggling patients have queued from the break of dawn to secure access to NHS dentistry. Daily queues starting as early as 4am have been reported outside the Avenue Dental Centre in Leigh town centre, […]
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The British Dental Association has expressed deep concern that the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is setting out aspirations to tie dental graduates to a failed NHS system, with no tangible plans to reform the discredited contract fuelling the exodus from the service. In proposals set out just for dentists the plan states “one […]
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Launching on 9 June 2023, BSPD’s new ‘Rights from the Start’ initiative will shine a spotlight on children and young people’s rights. Mrs Jenny Harris, President of BSPD and Consultant in Community Paediatric Dentistry, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is launching BSPD’s children’s rights initiative in the UK to drive better awareness amongst dental […]
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The British Dental Association has urged government to drop any pretence that NHS dentistry is on the road to recovery and finally deliver a meaningful rescue package, as the exodus from the service reaches new heights. Freedom of information requests undertaken by the BDA indicate just 23,577 dentists performed NHS work in the 2022/23 financial […]
The British Dental Association has slammed the Prime Minister’s latest attempts to gloss over the crisis in dentistry. In response to questions from Norwich’s Clive Lewis, the PM offered misleading lines on workforce, funding and reform which have been repeated, almost verbatim, time and again at PMQs since the start of 2023. The professional body […]
Queues return to NHS dental practices in England: The British Dental Association has described scenes of hundreds of patients queuing outside a Norfolk dental practice as belonging in the Soviet Bloc not in a 21st century health service, and pressed government to deliver urgent and meaningful reform. Over 300 wannabe dental patients reportedly queued outside the […]
With NHS dental charges in England set to jump by an historic high of 8.5% today (Monday April 24), the British Dental Association has warned government that costs are now shaping the clinical choices made by millions of patients. The professional body has urged Ministers to follow the lead of public opinion and break with […]
NHS dentistry is ‘sinking ship’: The British Dental Association has warned the service is reaching the end of the road in evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into NHS dentistry today. The Committee heard how a failed NHS contract and chronic underfunding have fuelled an exodus from the service, and that in […]
Fourfold increase in residents unable to access routine NHS care: The British Dental Association has stressed Ministers must act on new research from the Care Quality Commission, which reveals a collapse in access to NHS dentistry among care home residents. Feedback from providers indicates that since 2019, and the onset of lockdown, the proportion of residents […]
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The British Dental Association has warned that hundreds of millions are set to be taken away from NHS dentistry during an unprecedented access crisis, on track to amount to over a tenth of the service’s £3 billion budget. The Health Service Journal report that senior leaders in NHS England have major concerns that the service […]