{"id":3902,"date":"2024-03-19T04:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T04:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/almost-no-dentist-believes-tory-recovery-plan-will-solve-nhs-patient-crisis-poll-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T04:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T04:39:13","slug":"almost-no-dentist-believes-tory-recovery-plan-will-solve-nhs-patient-crisis-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/almost-no-dentist-believes-tory-recovery-plan-will-solve-nhs-patient-crisis-poll-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost no dentist believes Tory ‘recovery plan’ will solve NHS patient crisis, poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just 3% of dentists believe the government’s dental recovery plan will result in them seeing more NHS patients, a new poll has found.<\/p>\n

A survey of 1,104 dentists in England found that 43% believe the proposals will lead to them seeing fewer patients, while 54% said the number of NHS patients they see will remain the same.<\/p>\n

The government unveiled its \u00a3200m plan<\/a><\/strong> to bolster NHS dentistry in England last month.<\/p>\n

However, a new poll by the British Dental Association (BDA) found three-quarters (75%) of dentists do not believe the plan will improve NHS access for new patients.<\/p>\n

More than nine in 10 (93%) said the proposals are not sufficiently ambitious to meet the scale of the challenge facing NHS dentistry.<\/p>\n

Chris McCann, from Healthwatch England, said: “NHS dentistry has been in crisis for some time, with many people unable to access an NHS dentist and not having the means to pay for private care.<\/p>\n

“We’ve yet to see any official data on how well the plan is working, but it’s concerning to hear that so few dentists appear to have confidence that it will.”<\/p>\n

MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee will quiz Dame Andrea Leadsom, a health minister, on the government’s recovery plan on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The government has said the plan will “fund more than 1.5 million additional NHS dentistry treatments or 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments”.<\/p>\n

However, the BDA has called for the modelling behind the claim to be released.<\/p>\n

What’s in the \u00a3200m plan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a320,000 bonuses for dentists working in under-served communities<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dentists being paid more for NHS work<\/p>\n

\u2022 A “Smile for Life” advice programme aimed at new parents and mobile dental teams being deployed to schools<\/p>\n

\u2022 The rollout of so-called “dental vans” in rural and coastal communities<\/p>\n

\u2022 Plans for the biggest expansion of water fluoridation in England since the 1990s<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong>
Britons are ‘pulling their own teeth out with pliers’<\/strong><\/a>
NHS dentistry ‘will die’ leaving patients’ with ‘no options’<\/a>
Dentist Sunak visited to promote ‘recovery plan’ not taking NHS patients<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shawn Charlwood, chair of the BDA’s general dental practice committee, who will also give evidence to the committee on Tuesday, said: “Check-ups are hard to come by, but it will prove much harder for ministers to find a dentist who backs their outlandish claims.<\/p>\n

“Empty soundbites won’t stop queues outside practices, and dodgy statistics won’t call time on ‘DIY’ dentistry.”<\/p>\n

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Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: “After 14 years of Conservative neglect, patients are literally pulling their own teeth out, and tooth decay is the number one reason for six to 10 year-olds going to hospital.”<\/p>\n

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “Backed by \u00a3200m in 2024\/25, the fully funded plan will support practices to deliver on their obligations and provide more NHS care for patients.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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