UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted to Piers Morgan on TalkTV that his government has failed to cut NHS waiting lists, saying 'Yes, we have' when asked if they had failed. The pandemic and strikes were cited as contributing factors. In a related healthcare issue, around 800 people queued for the second day at a new NHS dental practice in Bristol, highlighting the crisis in NHS dentistry. In response to the crisis, the Labour Party has pledged to provide 700,000 more emergency appointments and to recruit more dentists in underserved areas. The government has also announced a Dental Recovery Plan, which proposes cash incentives and 'golden hellos' to attract dentists, along with 2.5 million extra appointments and dental vans for rural and coastal communities.
🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak has refused to say when he last tried to get an NHS dentist appointment https://t.co/kbjXrMYO4W
The dentist Rishi Sunak visited in Cornwall to promote his "recovery plan" is not accepting new NHS patients, it has emerged. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/RIHQuTIjY4
Rishi Sunak says getting an NHS dentist is too difficult https://t.co/m975bqhNqN
Today Rishi Sunak was promoting his plan for NHS dentistry in a practice that isn’t taking on new adult NHS patients. He was seeing what life is like for millions. The difference is he has options. A🧵 https://t.co/QMKUIxIuj4
The dental practice Rishi Sunak visited in Cornwall to promote his Government’s dentistry plan is not accepting new adult NHS patients ✍️: @sophie_wing8 https://t.co/lTUopXAy4i
A number of NHS dentists across #Erewash have recently retired, leaving a cohort of residents without access to NHS dentistry. In #Parliament I asked the Health Secretary how the #NHSDentalRecoveryPlan will speed up the recruitment of NHS dentists. My question can be viewed 👇 https://t.co/8fumTfhoqM
🌟 WE NEED NEW NHS DENTISTS IN PETERBOROUGH 🌟 I have a plan to open new NHS dental practices in #Peterborough. The national announcement of £20k incentives and increased UDA rates will help. I shall meet with the Minster to make sure Peterborough benefits from this plan 💙 https://t.co/b8t5hvAzVM
Downing Street insists it was a “deliberate” choice for Rishi Sunak to visit a dentist that isn’t accepting new NHS adult patients https://t.co/mJdjYxAMC8
Dentists visited by Rishi Sunak in campaign stunt isn't accepting new NHS adult patients https://t.co/63EmdAfS1X
Dentists visited by Rishi Sunak for campaign stunt isn't accepting new NHS adult patients https://t.co/b2X4qa13EL
As @TheBDA has said, the Conservatives’ “recovery plan” is “simply not enough to save this service”. Labour has a fully funded plan to rescue NHS dentistry with 700,000 emergency appointments and new dentists where they’re needed the most👇🏻 https://t.co/WlTDYjMd84
📸The Government unveiling its plan to reform NHS dentistry… If you want this service to actually have a future sign our petition to Rishi Sunak. @38degrees @DailyMirror 👉 https://t.co/2FfPt0VagG https://t.co/jcK4ZNJWxE
Spending on NHS dentistry has fallen by more than a third in real terms since 2010 People are now being forced to pull out their own teeth at home because they can’t access or afford an NHS dentist In other news Rishi Sunak blames the crisis in NHS dentistry on the pandemic👇 https://t.co/BWjsmIyFNh
🦷 Dentists fear Bristol queues will be repeated across the country. Read more 👇 https://t.co/w6gIUGvc7O
Rishi Sunak won't say if he uses an NHS dentist as crisis hits ordinary families https://t.co/RCvWJ0cIoq
Excellent news that the Government is making it easier to get an NHS dentist. I'm contacting local practices to encourage them to participate https://t.co/07AZwCpGge
The @DailyMirror and @TheBDA have launched a petition calling on the Government to save NHS dentistry as millions are unable to get appointments You can sign it here 📝 https://t.co/vxqMBHjSRh
Dentistry isn't working. After 14 years of Tory decline, this is the Britain we live in today. Labour has a fully funded plan to rescue NHS dentistry with 700,000 emergency appointments and new dentists where they're needed the most https://t.co/9tzDZph7vF
New NHS dentist stops enrolling patients in Bristol as six-hour-long around-the-block queue disperses https://t.co/4ejgLfQL1m
The NHS Dental Recovery Plan is fantastic news for the #MiltonKeynes residents I've been fighting hard for in meetings with the Dental Minister. ☑️ More dentists ☑️ More appointments ☑️ More incentives We're getting on with the job 🦷 https://t.co/5p1hEaRtxB
NO @RishiSunak the crisis in UK dentistry has been caused by Tory austerity & savage cuts to funding for NHS dental services in real terms since 2010 - NOT the pandemic https://t.co/BWjsmIyFNh
📢@DHSCgovuk have announced their Dental Recovery Plan Having met with the Dentistry Minister @andrealeadsom about dentistry in #NDevon, I warmly welcome: 🦷2.5 million extra appointments 🦷Dental vans for rural/coastal communities For more info: https://t.co/yFPkKg7B28 https://t.co/73aZLqI8Rr
This week we have seen hundreds of people desperate for an NHS dentist appointment queuing for hours when a new practice opened in Bristol. In Harrow, over 56% of dental practices (that answered) are refusing to take on new adult NHS patients. (1/2) https://t.co/M3UKdJAipb
The Tories have finally acknowledged the crisis in NHS dentistry and published their dental 'recovery plan'. But what do they think NHS dentistry needs to 'recover' from? 14 years of Tory government has left people forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers. #PMQs
Keir Starmer welcomes Rishi Sunak's 'admission' that he failed on NHS waiting lists during his interview with Piers Morgan in today's PMQs. The Labour leader also blasted the PM's £1,000 bet with Piers on the Rwanda plan. @piersmorgan | @TalkTV | #PMU https://t.co/GtTWFtnrnn
🔴 Health Secretary @VictoriaAtkins is making a statement on "Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS dentistry". Watch live ⬇️
Rishi Sunak blaming everyone else for the lack of NHS dentists after 14 years of Conservative government. He’ll be blaming the tooth fairy next! #PMQs
The Government has finally acknowledged the crisis in NHS dentistry – calling it a “recovery plan”. After 14 years of Tory government, people forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers, what exactly do they think NHS dentistry needs to ‘recover’ from? #PMQs
"What exactly does he think the NHS dentistry is recovering from?" Keir Starmer asks the PM Rishi Sunak says "he conveniently forgets the impact of a pandemic" #PMQs https://t.co/7KJXdr3cMW https://t.co/hfj2STlDqy
It’s not because of Covid that 11 million can’t get an NHS dentist appointment and it’s deeply disingenuous of Rishi Sunak to claim it is. Look instead at 14 years of Tory erosion of the NHS #nhs #pmqs
‘A year ago the Prime Minister promised to bring NHS waiting lists down…isn’t he glad he didn’t bet a grand on it.’ ‘At least I stand by my commitments, he’s so indecisive the only bet he’d make is an each way bet.’ Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash over NHS waiting lists. https://t.co/sGdfIj2Qwq
Rishi Sunak blaming the pandemic for the lack of NHS dentists. What’s he going to blame next, the war in Ukraine? The reason NHS dentistry is so bad is because of 14 years of Conservative government. #PMQs
The government is planning to offer dentists cash incentives to take on new NHS patients and work in areas that are under-served Read more🔗 https://t.co/Lzj20uOaSB
The Government's dental recovery plan is nothing but a kick in the teeth to everyone in the profession, their patients and campaigners. Let the prime minister know it's time to bring NHS dentistry into the 21st century - add your name: https://t.co/9SOEGhO1yp 🦷✍🏼⬆️ https://t.co/HIh8LFnPmF
Decent dental services should be available to all on the NHS. The Tories have destroyed NHS dentistry, leaving my constituents in agony and out of pocket ⬇️ https://t.co/GpOWInFy5v
Dentists to be offered cash incentives to treat NHS patients and work in under-served areas Read more🔗 https://t.co/RYgSdLsYIO
Dentists are to be offered cash to take on new patients and given “golden hellos” to work in communities with a lack of NHS dental services, according to leaked plans ✍: @ellapickover https://t.co/zw3dhaA5Ej
Dentists to get cash incentives for NHS patients https://t.co/gyx0r9Jugr
I know that many of my constituents face huge waits for a dental appointment. After 14 years of Tory decline, this is the Britain we live in today. Labour has a fully funded plan to rescue NHS dentistry with 700,000 emergency appointments and new dentists across the country. https://t.co/2I536LXc4a
Jarrow constituents unable to get a Dentist appt & even if you're lucky enough to get one- its unaffordable. We can't rely on Tories to fix the crisis in #NHS dentistry. @UKLabour has a plan to rescue NHS dentistry with 700k emergency appts & new dentists where needed most. https://t.co/zg4wHtwMvc
Labour has a fully funded plan to rescue NHS dentistry with 700,000 emergency appointments and new dentists where they're needed the most https://t.co/f1V3av6FSO
🔴 People queued from the crack of dawn outside a new NHS dental practice in Bristol on day two of its opening. Hundreds lined up in a scene that said much about the difficulties people face in seeing an NHS dentist. Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/quAuaSE9o5 https://t.co/RXptR5mUDK
People queuing, in Bristol, to try & register for an NHS dentist. 😲 #PoliticsLive https://t.co/HuWR1zl6xw
📷 The second day of queues for people in St. Paul's, Bristol, as they try to register as NHS patients at a new dental practice Labour says the queue 'lays bare the state of dentistry after 14 years of the Conservatives' The Tories say a new plan for dentistry is on its way... https://t.co/KH4JWAsLrp
Yesterday, 100s people desperate for an NHS dentist queued for hrs when a new practice opened in St Paul's in Bristol West - one I campaigned for. @UKLabour has a fully funded plan to rescue NHS dentistry with 700,000 emergency appointments & new dentists where needed the most. https://t.co/DBsPCyMkqL
Hundreds of people queuing up outside a NHS dental practice after spending months stuck without access to care lays bare the state of dentistry under the Conservatives. Labour will provide 700,000 urgent appointments, & targeted tooth brushing scheme. https://t.co/UhMSSEcG5G
"It just points to the need for NHS dentistry." Around 800 people queued outside this new dental practice in #Bristol today - hoping to register as an NHS patient. 📍 St Pauls Dental Practice 📲 Story here ➡️ https://t.co/M4yUg9i95z https://t.co/mP9FEv4x0U
Police forced to intervene as hundreds queue for new Bristol NHS dentist https://t.co/PJyIptfwn0
🦷 Police have been forced to intervene and send people home as hundreds queued for appointments at a new dental practice in Bristol. Read more here 👇 https://t.co/8RyPcEkbaI Do you have an NHS dentist?
Hundreds of patients queueing to get an NHS dentist appointment is the grim reality of Tory Britain By recruiting more dentists to underserved areas and providing 700,000 more appointment a year, Labour will tackle this crisis in NHS dentistry https://t.co/iX5BmJcmyp
"It just points to the need across the country for NHS dentistry" There was a huge queue today for NHS registrations at this new dental practice in #Bristol ➡️ https://t.co/D5vrqaGMnw https://t.co/mo4FqmUvbV
Hundreds queue in Bristol in hope of NHS dental treatment https://t.co/Z7o6zhEfD1
'We've not made enough progress' Rishi Sunak admitted he has failed to keep his promise to cut NHS waiting lists https://t.co/0Qf9p9QR3o
'We've not made enough progress' Rishi Sunak admitted on Monday that he has failed to keep his promise to cut NHS waiting lists https://t.co/0Qf9p9QR3o
🔵 Rishi Sunak has admitted that he has failed to cut NHS waiting lists, one of his five key pledges https://t.co/JNrN5BGymS
Rishi Sunak admits he has failed to keep his promise to cut NHS waiting lists. “We have not made enough progress,” he tells Piers Morgan on TalkTV. Asked if that meant he had failed, PM replies: Yes, we have.” https://t.co/uAzQzQzyI9
Rishi Sunak admits he has failed to keep vow to cut NHS waiting lists - but says strike action by doctors is to blame https://t.co/8vnl7zj9DJ https://t.co/jFaBx5Jovh
'We have not made enough progress': Rishi Sunak admits failure over his pledge to cut NHS waiting lists - citing pandemic and strikes https://t.co/NqwBdxlkYo