NHS Dental Statistics for England – 2020-21 Annual Report revealed that during this time, 23,733 dentists performed NHS activity – a decrease of 951 on the previous year.
The data was revealed in response to a parliamentary question by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, whose Kingston and Surbiton constituency is covered by the clinical commissioning group for south-west London, which lost 91 dentists.
The British Dental Association (BDA) said dentists had left the NHS due to its failure to reward their commitment for more than a decade. Its chair, Eddie Crouch, said it will be made worse by rules brought in on January 1 to accelerate recovery from the pandemic, which mean NHS practices are obliged to meet 85 per cent of their pre-covid activity levels or face financial penalties.
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