Where have all the NHS dentists gone?
Mar 28 2008 by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner ONLY one Huddersfield dental practice is taking on new NHS patients. The news comes as another dental practice has stopped offering treatment to NHS patients. Patients at the Courtyard Dental Clinic, off King Street, have been told they will no longer receive NHS treatment at the practice. Instead, they will either have to pay for private care or find a new dentist. An online dental search reveals that, out of 50 dental practices within a six miles radius of Huddersfield, just one practice – The Edgerton Dental Practice – is currently accepting new NHS patients. A second practice still accepts NHS patients aged under 18 only. Matthew Kuszyk, from Huddersfield, has been a patient at the Courtyard Dental Clinic for four years. He said: “I found out that the whole practice was going private last week. “However, my wife sees the guy that owns the practice and he went private about six-months-ago. “He told her that she could move to
