As the host city joins the growing list of communities seeing patients queuing around the block to access care, the professional body has adapted the party’s iconic ‘Labour isn’t working’ poster to underline the depth of the crisis now facing patients.
Earlier in 2023, Avenue Dental Centre in Greater Manchester, which offers appointments to NHS patients on a first-come-first-serve basis, reported daily queues starting as early as 4 am. This follows reports in August from Faversham, Kent, where a practice received 27,000 calls for just 60 NHS slots, and in Kings Lynn, which in May saw queues of more than 300 form from 4 am.
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