Proposed dentistry voucher scheme slammed by experts
2025-12-15
A proposal for the government to provide the public with a £150 voucher towards private dental care would ‘mean the end of NHS dentistry’, according
Dental Access
Ethnic inequalities in UK oral health: Evidence, gaps and priorities for action
2025-11-18
LONDON, England: The structural asymmetries that pervade society as a whole are inevitably reproduced within specific industries, dentistry being no exception. A new scoping review
Tier 2 oral surgery: why access needs to improve in dentistry
2025-08-20
Specialist oral surgeons Ashana Gupta and Tarun Nagpal talk through the ins and outs of tier 2 oral surgery, and the role in might play
Three in 10 adults have never tried to get an NHS dental appointment
2025-07-14
The amount of UK adults who have never tried to see an NHS dentist has increased by 3% in the past year – now reaching
News you’ve missed this week – 26 April 2025
2025-04-26
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Registered dental therapists
Up to 96% of practices are not accepting new NHS adult patients
2024-11-25
Up to 96% of dental practices in England are unable to take on new adult NHS patients, suggest findings from a new Daily Mirror investigation.
NHS dentistry is at its ‘most perilous point’ in 75-year history
2023-12-20
Four in five (82.8%) dental practices in England are not registering adult NHS patients, while 71.1% are not taking on new patients under the age
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 11 November 2023
2023-11-11
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Mouth cancer deaths linked to lack of
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 9 September 2023
2023-09-09
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… GDC launches pilot to ‘improve timeliness’ of
‘The new normal’ – patients queue at 4am for NHS dental care
2023-09-05
Patients are queuing at 4am in a desperate attempt to access NHS dental care – a scene that the profession fears will become ‘the new
NHS dentistry may not fully recover, BDA warns
2023-08-24
Following the NHS Dental Statistics 2022/23 published today, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned that there is no prospect of NHS dentistry returning to
Drop in patients attending dentist in Lancashire, figures show
2022-10-06
Lancashire has seen a significant fall in the number of patients visiting the dentist, fuelling fears that dental access will not improve. This is according