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Task force aims to boost NHS capacity in Plymouth

Plymouth’s city-wide Task Force, set up to tackle the city’s growing dental crisis, hit-the ground running on July 7, 2023, with organisations committing to working together to improve NHS capacity.

There are currently over 21,000 people in the city waiting for an NHS dentist. This is an increase of nearly 120 per cent over the past five years.

One of the priorities of the new administration was to set up a cross-party Dental Task Force, bringing together key stakeholders, local MPs and NHS leaders from across the city to discuss what can be done to improve dental provision in Plymouth.

The Task Force’s first meeting included senior representatives from the council, cross-party councillors, NHS Devon and the two largest providers of NHS dental care in the city – Livewell Southwest and the Peninsula Dental School.

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