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Clyde Munro hopes to ease shortages with new programme for trainee dental nurses

Clyde Munro hopes to ease shortages with new programme for trainee dental nurses

Scotland’s largest dental provider, Clyde Munro is hoping to ease staff shortages with a new programme for trainee dental nurses. The Strive Programme launched at the end of 2021. The primary aim is to introduce trainees to the basics of the profession and provide opportunities to gain qualifications and secure employment after training. The scheme […]


NHS England hopes to open new dental practice on the Isle of Wight

NHS England hopes to open new dental practice on the Isle of Wight

NHS England is hoping to open a new dental practice on the Isle of Wight by spring 2022. There is currently a shortage of dentists on the island, and patients are waiting for treatment or being advised to travel to the mainland. Representatives from NHS England have suggested that there are plans to open a […]


Number of patients seeing an NHS dentist falls dramatically in Bournemouth

Number of patients seeing an NHS dentist falls dramatically in Bournemouth

The number of patients who saw a dentist in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole fell dramatically during the pandemic. According to figures from NHS England, there was a sharp decrease in appointment numbers in 2020/2021 due to the pandemic. Millions of appointments were cancelled and the British Dental Association estimates that a year’s worth of dentistry […]


Halifax MP launches petition calling for urgent improvements to dental services

Halifax MP launches petition calling for urgent improvements to dental services

Halifax MP, Holly Lynch, has launched a petition calling for urgent improvements to local NHS dental services. Ms Lynch is taking the petition to parliament in a bid to encourage ministers to take immediate action to help patients who cannot get dental appointments. The petition has already been signed by hundreds of residents, many of […]


More than 2,000 people waiting to see a dentist at RAF Marham dental practice

More than 2,000 people waiting to see a dentist at RAF Marham dental practice

More than 2,000 people are on a waiting list at the dental practice based at RAF Marham. The clinic, which is the first to be located at a Ministry of Defence site, opened in 2020 to provide dental care for military families. Two years on and the practice now has a waiting list of more […]


Only a third of adults have seen an NHS dentist in the last 2 years

Only a third of adults have seen an NHS dentist in the last 2 years

New figures suggest that only a third of adults in England have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years. Statistics from the NHS England biannual report show that only 35.1% of adults in England saw an NHS dentist within the two-year period leading up to December 2021. This represents a fall of 4 […]


Plans to expand East Cleveland dental practice get the green light

Plans to expand East Cleveland dental practice get the green light

Plans to expand a dental practice in East Cleveland have been given the green light. Planning officers at Redcar and Cleveland Council have approved proposals submitted by Dr Shahid Mansoor from Skelton Dental Practice. The surgery, which is located in Skelton Street, occupies an end terrace property. Dr Mansoor applied for planning permission to add […]


Highland dentists deliver out of hours preventative care for children

Highland dentists deliver out of hours preventative care for children

Dentists in the Highlands are delivering out of hours clinics for children to ensure they have access to preventative dental care. Six practices in the Highlands have joined Clyde Munro’s mission to provide at least 1,000 children in Scotland with free fluoride varnish treatment by the end of the year. The dentists will be running […]


Over 2,500 children waiting for dental surgery in Ireland

Over 2,500 children waiting for dental surgery in Ireland

More than 2,500 children are waiting for dental surgery in Ireland. Figures suggest that there are currently 2,950 children waiting to have oral surgery and there are fears that numbers will increase in the months ahead. Dentists are worried about the impact of the pandemic. Lockdowns and restrictions have created significant backlogs, but there are […]


Rayleigh dental practice owners defend decision to go private

Rayleigh dental practice owners defend decision to go private

The owners of a dental practice in Rayleigh, Essex have defended their decision to go private. Dentex, which recently bought the Essex Smile Centre, has terminated its NHS contract leaving local patients without access to NHS dental services. The owners stressed that the decision to switch to private dentistry had not “been taken lightly” and […]