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  • Dentists: Exodus accelerates, with NHS numbers lowest in a decade

    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.

    Date: 23 May 2023

    Dentists: Exodus accelerates, with NHS numbers lowest in a decade


  • ​Cuts will take a wrecking ball to NHS dentistry in NI

    The British Dental Association Northern Ireland has slammed analysis by the Department of Health suggesting that cut of over £1/4 billion can be achieved without damage to services.

    Date: 22 May 2023

    ​Cuts will take a wrecking ball to NHS dentistry in NI


  • Cuts are the wrong cure: Dentists warn future of service now at risk

    The British Dental Association has warned officials that planned cuts will devastate a service already on the brink.

    Date: 12 May 2023

    Cuts are the wrong cure: Dentists warn future of service now at risk


  • "Crisis? What Crisis?": Sunak slammed for rose tinted take on dental crisis

    The British Dental Association has slammed the Prime Minister's latest attempts to gloss over the crisis in dentistry at today's PMQs.

    Date: 10 May 2023

    "Crisis? What Crisis?": Sunak slammed for rose tinted take on dental crisis


  • ​Back in the USSR? 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.

    Date: 04 May 2023

    ​Back in the USSR? Queues return to NHS dental practices in England


  • ​New BDA President vows to tackle oral health inequalities

    John Milne MBE has taken up office today (3 May) as the 136th president of the British Dental Association (BDA).

    Date: 03 May 2023

    ​New BDA President vows to tackle oral health inequalities


  • ​Dentists: Government sitting on side-lines as child oral health gap widens

    The British Dental Association has warned oral health inequality among the young is set to widen, as new research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats indicates 6.5 million children in England have not been seen by an NHS dentist for at least a year.

    Date: 02 May 2023

    ​Dentists: Government sitting on side-lines as child oral health gap widens


  • NHS dentistry: Ministers and officials try to defend the indefensible

    The British Dental Association has urged the Health and Social Care Committee to set out a clear roadmap to reform for government, following evasive answers and poorly defined commitments to rescue the struggling service.

    Date: 25 April 2023

    NHS dentistry: Ministers and officials try to defend the indefensible


  • ​Dentists demand Barclay drop plans for further NHS charge hike

    The British Dental Association has demanded that the Secretary of State for Health drop plans for a further 4% increase in NHS charges in England next year.

    Date: 24 April 2023

    ​Dentists demand Barclay drop plans for further NHS charge hike


  • NHS dentistry: Costs leave 1/4 of patients delaying or avoiding treatment

    With NHS dental charges in England set to jump by an historic high of 8.5% today the British Dental Association has warned government that costs are now shaping the clinical choices made by millions of patients.

    Date: 24 April 2023

    NHS dentistry: Costs leave 1/4 of patients delaying or avoiding treatment


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