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There has been a drop in the number of dentists working in the NHS in England, the BDA reports The government need to drop any pretence that NHS dentistry is on the road to recovery and to deliver a much-needed rescue package, alongside a pledge for reform of the contract....

BDA chair Eddie Crouch spoke to BBC Radio Stoke on Friday about the crisis in access to NHS dentistry. He said: “We have seen in other areas of the health service significant reductions in earnings over the last decades, we’ve seen industrial action...the same has happened to dentists, we have...

Mass closures. Patients queuing at dawn outside practices. An exodus from the workforce. The challenges facing this service are crystal clear, but we're having to bust myths coming from the very top of government that NHS dentistry is somehow on the 'road to recovery' At PMQs The Prime Minister keeps...

The BBC Radio Sheffield Toby Foster show this morning highlighted the crisis in access to NHS dentistry. The programme spoke to a dentist and practice manager at the only remaining NHS dentist in Rotherham - they explained the issues with the NHS contract, and problems recruiting dentists to work in...

The British Dental Association has slammed the Prime Minister's latest attempts to gloss over the crisis in dentistry at today's PMQs. In response to questions from Norwich's Clive Lewis, the PM offered misleading lines on workforce, funding and reform which have been repeated, almost verbatim, time and again at PMQs...

In the latest BDA blog post newly installed BDA President John Milne explains what he hopes to achieve during his year and how you can help by getting involved. After spending much of my career fighting back against authority and ‘The Establishment', a good number of my contemporaries would never...

BDA chair Eddie Crouch appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning and discussed the Liberal Democrats analysis of the latest House of Commons figures which shows 6.5 million children in England haven’t been seen by a NHS dentist for at least a year. When asked about these shocking figures, Eddie...

The Daily Mail reports over 6.5million children in England have not been seen by an NHS dentist for at least a year amid a growing access crisis, figures suggest. The British Dental Association warns access to a dentist has 'fallen off a cliff', with some kids now waiting two and...

The i reports on the crisis in access to NHS dentistry. False teeth and spectacles: two things we tend to think more about as we age. They have also been potent political symbols in healthcare for much of the long lifetime of the NHS. Within a few years of its...