Introduce permanent NHS dentist registration, improve appointment transparency, and support low-income patients. Launch campaigns to inform those most in need about extra NHS appo ...

Ministers have announced plans to overhaul the NHS dental contract in England, with reforms aimed at improving access to emergency and urgent appointments and incentivising dentists to deliver complex ...

People needing urgent dental treatment and patients requiring complex care will be prioritised under Government plans to improve access to NHS dentists in England. The British Dental Association says ...

Efforts by the government and NHS England (NHSE) to improve NHS dental access have “comprehensively failed,” according to a damning report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The ...

People with special needs are having to wait more than two years for access to a region's NHS dental service, a health watchdog has said. An Isle of Wight Council committee met last week and heard ...

Almost 90% of NHS dental practices in the UK are no longer accepting new adult patients, according to a report by the BBC. Only one in five practices are willing to accept children as new patients.

The NHS is meant to provide basic dentistry to all, although since 1951, adults who are not on low incomes have paid contributions for each treatment (currently, an emergency appointment costs £23.80) ...

Extra NHS dental appointments are now available through new urgent dental hubs. The services are being offered across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight as part of a national programme. Around 34,000 ...

You DO NOT have to pay for NHS dental treatment in England if you are: Aged under 18, or aged under 19 and in full-time education. Being treated in an NHS hospital and your treatment is carried out by ...