Archive for the ‘NHS dental care news’ Category

Private Versus NHS Dental Care – Why Go Private?

Monday, February 7th, 2011

The NHS has provided a wealth of services for British residents for more than sixty years. However there is a NHS dentistry has had some major criticisms in it’s time. This becomes increasingly clear when comparing private dental services to NHS dental services.

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Patients who miss dental appointments ‘should be fined’

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Missed dental appointments use up two weeks worth of slots for the average dentist, it has emerged, leading to calls for fines to be reintroduced.

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Three-month waiting list for NHS dentists

Friday, January 21st, 2011

PEOPLE without an NHS dentist face a wait of up to three months because of a shortage of places.

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Greater Fiscal Restraint on NHS Dentistry

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

In the 2009-2010 fiscal years alone, the UK dentistry market spent around 5.7 billion pounds on NHS dentistry, confirming the speculation that the state spending outgrew that of private spending in the later half of first decade of the millennium. (more…)

New Retford NHS Dental Surgery Clinic Opens

Monday, January 17th, 2011

It has been announced that from 31st January, 2011 onwards, the new DeNtaI22 dental surgery center will open in Retford, Nottinghamshire. (more…)

NHS bites back, new dentistry report reveals

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Spending on NHS dentistry accounted for the clear majority of the £5.7 billion UK primary care dentistry market value in 2009/10, confirming the message that state spend outgrew private spending during the second half of the 2000s.

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Dentists routinely failing children with serious tooth decay

Sunday, January 9th, 2011
  • ‘Supervised neglect’ leaves tooth decay untreated
  • Poorest areas worst hit in ‘matter of national shame’

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NHS website invites patient comments on dentists

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

A new government web service has given NHS dentists’ patients the chance to comment on their performance.

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Thousands cannot get an appointment with an NHS dentist figures show

Friday, December 17th, 2010

One in five people who tried to get an appointment with a new NHS dental practice were unable to do so and others did not even try, a survey has found, as ministers announce plans to improve access to NHS dentistry.

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NHS dental shake-up to be tested in England

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

A new dentistry system will be piloted in England next year in yet another attempt to improve access to NHS services.

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