A report by the Commons’ Health and Social Care Committee reveals more needs to be done to help the NHS dentistry shortage in the UK, as some patients are driving hundreds of miles for their treatment or even pulling out their own teeth.
A BBC investigation found nine in ten NHS dental practices were not accepting new adult patients and eight in ten were not accepting new children.
The report also shared that the dental reforms, which were recommended to the government over ten years ago, have still not been implemented, despite the government claiming it invests over three billion pounds a year in dentistry.
