Posts Tagged ‘dental hospital’

Construction begins on state of the art Bloomsbury dental hospital

Construction begins on state of the art Bloomsbury dental hospital

Construction is underway to create Europe’s largest dental and ear, nose and throat hospital. Work has officially started on a brand new, state of the art £104 million facility in Bloomsbury, London. The nine-storey building will house both the Eastman Dental Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in a project overseen […]


Young People visting Dental Hospital instead of registering with a Dentist

Young People visting Dental Hospital instead of registering with a Dentist

Research carried out by Liverpool Primary Care Trust has revealed that young people are visiting the city’s dental hospital as an alternative to registering with an NHS dentist. Figures show that 6,000 patients visited the hospital for treatment last year. Hospital treatment costs the NHS far more than treatments carried out by NHS dentists, as […]


Glasgow emergency dental services disrupted due to flooding

Glasgow emergency dental services disrupted due to flooding

Emergency dental services in Glasgow have been disrupted due to flooding at the Glasgow Dental Hospital. Patients who need out of hours treatment are being advised to visit Bridgeton Health Centre; some patients who were already waiting for treatment at the specialist dental unit have already been transferred to the centre. It is believed that […]


New multimillion pound dental centre opens in Renfrewshire

New multimillion pound dental centre opens in Renfrewshire

A new, state of the art four million pound dental centre has opened in Paisley, Renfrewshire. The dental centre has opened on the site of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and will treat around three thousand patients each year. Five local dental practices will transfer to the new centre, which is kitted out with […]


Sheffield hospitals struggling to save money

Sheffield hospitals struggling to save money

Hospitals in Sheffield are struggling to find ways save 100 million pounds over the next three years. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages the Northern General, Hallamshire, Weston Park, Jessop Wing and Charles Clifford Dental hospitals, has an annual budget of 800 million pounds; over the next three years the trust must save […]


Emergency dental cases soar in the UK

Emergency dental cases soar in the UK

Recent figures have revealed that the number of patients seeking emergency dental care has soared by 40 percent in the last decade alone. The figures suggest a significant increase in the number of patients visiting hospital accident and emergency departments for dental treatment and officials have attributed the increase to problems with access to emergency […]


Dental hospitals invite patients for free cancer check-ups

Dental hospitals invite patients for free cancer check-ups

Dental hospitals in Cork and Dublin are inviting patients to attend free screening examinations on Wednesday. The free check-ups are being used to screen for cancer and raise awareness of mouth and neck cancer. Oral cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer, affecting thousands of people around the world; however, it does not […]