Nigel Jones asks whether NHS dentistry has a future. He argues that political caution, contractual drift and the growth of private care are leaving the service more and more reliant on a safety-net model. He has followed the politics of UK dentistry since 1990 and says successive governments of all colours have kicked the can down the road.
Louise Anderson, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan, looks at how the new NHS dental contract in Wales is hitting practices. She covers the effect on patient access and care as the October deadline gets closer. Her view draws on her work supporting Welsh practices through this year’s contract changes. The headline calls it an untested system causing havoc.
Every respondent to a recent survey of MPs agreed that the current NHS dental contract needs to change. The problem? Only 12 of the UK’s 650 MPs responded at all. The LDC Confederation’s MP Attitudes towards NHS Dentistry survey found…
Practice Plan Regional Support Manager, Amy Hansford, answers the main questions patients want answered regarding a move to private dentistry. For practice owners and their teams, the decision to move away from NHS dentistry is… The post What patients really…