A sweeping revamp of NHS dentistry services across England is set to prioritise urgent and complex cases. The Government has unveiled this series of reforms, designed to benefit millions of patients, ...

Urgent dental issues may include severe toothache, dental abscess, broken or knocked-out teeth, and significant bleeding or ...

Ministers have announced plans to overhaul the NHS dental contract in England, with reforms aimed at improving access to emergency and urgent appointments and incentivising dentists to deliver complex ...

Efforts by the government and NHS England (NHSE) to improve NHS dental access have “comprehensively failed,” according to a damning report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The ...

The amount that people pay for basic NHS dental care is set to rise by 60p. The British Dental Association (BDA) confirmed a ...

The cost of NHS dental treatment has risen significantly in recent years – leading people to struggle to obtain dental care ...

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NHS Lanarkshire urges residents to prioritise dental health this winter. Free dental treatment available at the Buchanan ...

Joe Friel has tried and failed over a four-month period to find a dentist to treat him under the NHS.

Around 34,000 additional urgent dental appointments were commissioned across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in November.