ADG welcomes MPs inquiry into access to NHS dentistry
NewsPosted by: Dental Design 9th December 2022
The ADG has welcomed the Select Committee inquiry into NHS dentistry as another step on the road to reform of NHS dental services.
Earlier this year, the ADG revealed the hardest hit parts of England for access to NHS dentistry, including Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Waveney, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and Cornwall, now known as “dental deserts”.
Neil Carmichael, Chair of the ADG said: “Dental deserts stretch across the whole of the East of England from East Yorkshire, through Lincolnshire and down to Norfolk but are now emerging in many other ‘red wall’ constituencies that the Government wishes to ‘level up’ – coupled with the number of NHS dentists working in England at the lowest level for five years.
“The Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee has grasped the political nettle that has been avoided for nearly a decade – asking the two key questions – does the NHS dental contract need further reform, and what can be done to recruit and retain dental professionals. I look forward to presenting ADG members’ evidence to the Inquiry in the New Year.”
