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Half of high street dentists are planning to cut all ties with the NHS, potentially leaving millions of patients with no access to treatment or routine check-ups. The British Dental Association (BDA) said pressures on the service meant that thousands of dentists were going private, warning: “This is how NHS...

Dentists are withdrawing from seeing NHS patients and going private as millions of Brits are going without getting care for their teeth. British Dental Association polling shows 45% of dentists report they have reduced their NHS patient commitment since the pandemic by an average of over a quarter. The survey...

Millions of patients could be left with "no dental options" as thousands of high street dentists in England are "severing ties" with the NHS. The British Dental Association (BDA) say that if the current trend continues "this is how NHS dentistry will die". The BDA said that since March 2020,...

The British Dental Association is one of a number of health professional bodies that will appear before MPs examining challenges facing the workforce in their inquiry into recruitment, training and retention. With a fall in the number of dentists working with the NHS and evidence that overall numbers are at...

With inflation now at a 40-year high, the British Dental Association has called on Health Secretary Sajid Javid to follow the precedent set with NHS prescriptions and freeze NHS dental charges for the foreseeable future. Commenting at the time of the prescription freeze, Javid said: "the rise in the cost...

BDA spokesperson Mark Green spoke to GB News alongside Emma Hardy, MP for Hull West and Hessle, discussing the problems with the NHS dental contract. Mark said: “I believe NHS should be accessible to all who need it. Historically NHS dentistry is only provided for about 56% of the population,...

Direct from NEC Birmingham today the first day of the British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show Birmingham in collaboration with BDA. It is so good to be back to a physical conference and exhibition. Here are some photo highlights of the show that runs till Saturday 14th May.

The British Dental Association has warned government must act decisively to deal with the backlogs for child tooth extractions, as new figures show the number of treatments more than halved during the pandemic. The British Dental Association has warned government must act decisively to deal with the backlogs for child...

Patients turning to DIY treatment after being unable to access NHS dental care risk infections and hundreds of pounds extra in costs when they finally see a dentist, an expert had warned. Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association (BDA), said he had met patients who had extracted their...

With the exodus of dentists from NHS dentistry accelerating, we have been called to give evidence direct to Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee as part of their ongoing inquiry into recruitment, training and retention across health and social care. To ensure the Committee, chaired by former Health Secretary Jeremy...