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Dentist experiences long queues for NHS uptake

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​A dental surgery in Lincolnshire experienced large queues after it published on social media it was enrolling NHS patients.

Over 150 registration forms were distributed by the staff at Broadway Dental Surgery in Woodhall Spa when it opened on Wednesday morning.

Carl Tyrrell has been looking for an NHS dentist for over seven years.

He stated, “Hopefully it's great, that I can get a place finally and can get mine and my family’s teeth sorted.”

Another potential patient, Samantha, queued with her two young children. She has not been registered with a dentist for nearly a decade.

Samantha said, "I was pregnant and then covid hit and then couldn’t get the free NHS dentistry you get when you are pregnant and there’s backlog after covid and it’s been horrendous."

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