The announcement marks the start of the government delivering on its manifesto pledge to provide extra urgent and emergency dental appointments to address the crisis in NHS dentistry.
NHS England has written to integrated care boards (ICB) across the country, directing health chiefs in each region to set up thousands of urgent appointments over the next year.
Stephen Kinnock, minister of state for care, said, “We promised we would end the misery faced by hundreds of thousands of people unable to get urgent dental care. We’re starting to deliver on that commitment.
“NHS dentistry has been left broken after years of neglect, with patients left in pain without appointments, or queueing around the block just to be seen.
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