Byline: By Madeleine Brindley Western MailJust four dentists outside South East Wales are taking on new NHS patients.A distinct divide has emerged in Wales, with the majority of the country having no access to an NHS dentist.There are no dentists in Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire...
But if we only focus on the standards below which care or services must not fall, we are not aiming high enough. We should start describing to patients what high quality care looks like, and encouraging them to question us if they get less than this. It demands the best of us – ...
Recent BDA research has shown that in April 2019 just 1 in 6 practices across Wales were able to offer appointments to new adult NHS patients, with a little over 1 in 4 practices taking on new child NHS patients. No practices were taking on new adults on the NHS and just a single prac...
Cwm Taf had the best access to an NHS dentist, however, this figure was not high at 52% (15 practices). Cardiff and Vale patients were the most likely to struggle to find a dentist, with just two practices in the whole health board accepting adult NHS patients. In Wales, clawback and...
Last North Wales Dentist Taking NHS Patients May Quit; NHS DENTAL CRISISRead the full-text online article and more details about "Last North Wales Dentist Taking NHS Patients May Quit; NHS DENTAL CRISIS" - Daily Post (Liverpool, England), December 28, 2005Daily Post (Liverpool, England)...
Byline: By DAVID GREENWOODDaily Post (Liverpool, England)
Byline: By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs CorrespondentDaily Post (Liverpool, England)
we saw scenes where hundreds of people queued to register with one of the few NHS dentists in Wales. That is the sort of image you'd expect from a third world country.'Under the current NHS system, dentists have to get through as many patients as they can in a day just to make a ...
NORTH and Mid Wales is suffering a dental crisis due to a shortage of surgeries willing to perform NHS work.Practices are shunning NHS work because the fees are so low - leaving patients without private dental policies to travel up to 150 miles for treatment.Some practices are only taking ...
Desperate for an NHS Dentist; More Than 100 Queue to Register at N.Wales PracticeByline: By STEVE BAGNALLDaily Post (Liverpool, England)