More than 1 million patients unable to get NHS dentist amid rising tooth decay crisis
Why are we not surprised that a significant proportion of those places with the lowest levels of dentist availability are rural! This story tells us:
Access issues exist in every English region, but Lincolnshire is the area worst hit, followed by parts of Norfolk, Derbyshire, West Yorkshire and Cornwall, according to the NHS data.
Despite a wide-ranging NHS 10-year plan announced last month, the BDA says there was little good news for dentists and it says government spending on dentistry has fallen by more than 10 per cent in the last five years.