NAO: new government must show ambition necessary to rescue NHS dentistry

EMBARGO: 00.01 Wednesday 27th November

Responding to the National Audit Office’s comments saying that the “dental recovery plan is not on course to fulfil its ambition of an additional 1.5m treatments by the end of 2024/25” Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP said:

“Whole regions of our country are now Dental Deserts. Too many people are finding it impossible to even register with an NHS dentist let alone get an appointment.

“The previous Conservative government wrecked NHS dentistry and it is patients who have borne the brunt of this failure, with many left in terrible pain.

“The new government must urgently grip this situation and show the ambition necessary to deliver these promised appointments, end dental deserts and the awful practice of DIY dentistry.”

ENDS