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E​ddie Crouch states NHS Dentistry will only survive with fair funding and real reform. It’s been a week like no other. Over the course of 24 hours I found myself travelling from Birmingham to Manchester and down to Westminster, racing between TV studios and Committee rooms, to hold this government...

T     “Nobody cares about me. Nobody wants to help me. I don’t want to be here anymore.” Difficult words to hear from a small child, but for Molly Tippetts, aged five with a nasty tooth infection, the outburst was the culmination of two years of pain – all...

The BDA reports that as NHS dental charges in England jump by an historic high of 8.5% today, we've gathered evidence showing government must think again Ministers need to follow the lead of public opinion and break with a long-term strategy of using these increases as cover for cuts in...

The Times, that one in four people suffering from toothache avoid going to the dentist because they cannot afford it. A YouGov poll of 1,723 adults for the British Dental Association (BDA) found that 23 per cent delay appointments or go without NHS dental treatment because of the cost. And...

At Business Questions on the 20th April, Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dem MP for Bath, put to the Government that their dentistry reforms have done absolutely nothing to adequately increase capacity reports mnrjournal. The British Dental Association says that the Government has never attempted to collect data on the workload...

The government has decided to hike NHS dental charges by 8.5% from 24 April 2023. If you treat NHS patients, we want to help you set the record straight on who benefits from this increase. The revenue raised by this rise doesn’t go to dentists. It will do nothing to...

Steph’s Packed Lunch on Channel 4 yesterday focused on cosmetic treatments and featured BDA spokesperson Paul Woodhouse discussing dental procedures and the phenomenon of ‘Turkey teeth’. The programme featured the story of a young woman who went abroad for root canal treatment and crowns, but ended up with six bridges...

The BDA have worked to secure a debate on NHS dentistry in the House of Commons on Thursday 27 April – ensure your MP will be there to represent you. Send them a message – it only takes 5 minutes. You can find the email details of your MP here....

Dental deserts are on the rise. The BDA have warned that the true scale of the exodus from the NHS is going untracked in official figures. New research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows why so many people are struggling to get an appointment, with some areas now having over...