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‘The numbers don't add up’: Financial pressure forces dental practice to stop providing NHS care

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A West Yorkshire practice has informed patients it will only be providing private care from September. The practice was one of the last providers of NHS dental care in the area.

Manor Square Dental Practice informed BBC News that it was ceasing NHS care due to a “chronic lack of investment”.

A spokesperson for the practice said, “Like a lot of our patients, we are upset as well.

"It is a great shame that we have not been able to make it work on the NHS, but we have tried and have been proud to have lasted as long as we did.”

Paul Ellul, practice owner and dentist, said that providing NHS services is no longer economically viable. He commented, “It's got to a point where - especially now with the rising interest rates and inflation - it is not possible to continue.

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