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‘An essential service that must be protected at any cost’: charity supports NHS dentistry report

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The Oral Health Foundation has welcomed a new damning report exposing the unacceptable decline of NHS dentistry.

A Health and Social Care Committee report published in July 2023 found that NHS dentistry is in crisis and in need of fundamental reform.

Over the last week, the Oral Health Foundation has been applauding the outcomes of the report, blasting officials on the current state of NHS dentistry and calling for urgent and decisive action to end the current mess that surrounds NHS dentistry.

Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation, said, “NHS dentistry has been in freefall for years. Unsupported by the government with no clear plan or direction towards an efficient and sustainable model to make NHS dentistry fit for purpose in today’s landscape.

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