Can NHS dentistry be rescued?
It seems unlikely.” In recent years, British Dentists have come to depend more and more on the private sector, and since the new contract was imposed in April 2006 this trend has risen sharply. In fact by April 2009, after a 3-year “honeymoon” period, 7% of Welsh Dentists confirmed that they were leaving the NHS, with a further 59% “undecided”. So after 60 years of NHS dentistry, many patients across the UK are facing an uncertain future: if their Dentist leaves the NHS they’ll have to pay for treatment privately, unless they can find a NHS Dentist with space for new patients.
