Health Minister Mark Holland is promoting the new federal dental care plan to Canadian dentists amid concerns over payment. In Plymouth, a survey shows long wait times for NHS dentistry appointments, prompting calls for urgent action. Criticism arises as it's revealed that the NHS dentistry 'Recovery Plan' lacks new funding. Campaigners in Suffolk deem the dental plan flawed. The government faces scrutiny for misleading claims about additional funding. A call for substantial investment in transforming the dental system is made to address the crisis.
Plymouth's NHS dental services are in a state of decay. We need a proper rescue plan for NHS dentistry. Bring on a general election so that Labour can put one in place. Read the results of my dental survey here👇 https://t.co/Jg5JsiS1L0
Dentists: Minister announces £9.2m in additional funding https://t.co/ONRyx4ac0f
The Government has left NHS dentistry to rot and now our dental services in Plymouth are in decay. The findings of my recent dental survey paint a bleak picture of the deepening dental crisis in Plymouth and Ministers asleep at the wheel. https://t.co/3a1CYZyddg
Oral health problems have a major effect on quality of life. In a Comment, @RichardGWatt & colleagues call for dentistry to be a core and essential element of the NHS and for "ambitious action to invest in and transform the current failed dental system." https://t.co/lwgefSaaQd
“There’s going to be extra money available for every dentist” says @AndreaLeadsom on @BBCNewsround… Her boss @VictoriaAtkins was just forced to retract claims that her Recovery Plan had any new funding behind it. To end this crisis we need honesty and ambition from Govt👇 https://t.co/a3VT61Cqxf
Campaigners say Suffolk dental plan is 'fundamentally flawed' https://t.co/JsY9EqM77N
So its confirmed the so-called NHS dentistry recovery plan which included 2.5 million more dentists appointments and 'additional' £200 million is actually coming from within the existing NHS dental budget. There's no new funding for the Recovery Plan it was all a false promise. https://t.co/3YiPiqZTQu
Government have been forced to correct the official record. Their NHS dentistry ‘Recovery Plan’ was sold on a false prospectus - of new money and millions of new appointments. What’s needed now is fair funding and real reform. Sign here: https://t.co/2FfPt0VagG https://t.co/9x6BcQNWQR
🦷❌Plymouth NHS dentistry update: Hundreds of Plymothians have filled in my survey on NHS dentistry. 75% have waited more than a year for an appointment. I have handed in the findings to Health Ministers, with a stark warning that Plymouth's dental services are in crisis. https://t.co/vUumFkfq5e
Health Minister Mark Holland is on tour to sell Canadian dentists and hygienists on the new federal dental care plan as concerns mount about what the government plans to pay providers for their services. https://t.co/2aj4Df2Ykm