Posts Tagged ‘Department of Health’
Dental patient numbers fall in Brighton
Figures released by the Department of Health have revealed that there has been a significant decrease in the number of patients visiting their dentist in Brighton and Hove and East Sussex. The figures, which show the total number of patients who visited a dentist over a two year period, have fallen from 253,811 between 2004 […]
Swindon residents struggling to find an NHS dentist
A survey has revealed that residents in Swindon are struggling to access NHS dental services. The survey, which was carried out by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Department of Health, revealed that Swindon was one of the worst affected areas, with a success rate of seeing an NHS dentist within the last two years […]
NHS Psychological Therapies 2010 include Dental Phobia
The UK Department of Health recently published a press release titled, “Psychological therapies offered across the NHS”, as a response to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s announcement on 23 June 2010 that psychological therapies will continue to be rolled out across the NHS. The UK government has pledged £70 million for 2010 to provide existing and […]
Dental access poor despite new contract
Accessing NHS dental care in Yorkshire is still difficult despite improvements made by the 2006 dentistry contract. In 2001 Tony Blair pledged that everyone would be able to access NHS dentistry if they wanted to and in 2006 the government introduced reforms to improve access to NHS dental care. More than three million NHS dental […]
