Fear of hospital-acquired infections is driving NHS patients abroad for treatment
Record numbers of Londoners are abandoning the NHS and travelling abroad for dental treatment through https://dentalholiday.co.uk Fear over infection from superbugs is now a major reason for them opting to go private instead of receiving treatment on the NHS. Our patients report also a growing lack of confidence in the NHS – nearly two thirds […]
Dental system crisis
The soaring cost of dental treatment has been blamed for millions of Britons having teeth in shockingly poor state, a new report has found. More than 11 million adults have not seen a dentist over the past two years because they could not afford to have a check-up. Almost 8 million patients admitted they refused […]
Scottish figures up – but half of adults still without a dentist
The number of people registered with an NHS dentist in Scotland has increased along with the number of NHS dentists – but more than half of all adults still do not have one. By the end of September 2007, 48.6% of adults were registered with an NHS dentist – up from 46.5% in June. Child […]