Posts Tagged ‘Primary Care Trust’
New NHS Dental Practice To Offer 5000 New Places in East Cowes
A new NHS dental practice has opened in East Cowes, providing 5,000 new NHS dental places. The walk-in dental centre, which is located in East Cowes Medical Centre on Church Path, is now open and appointments are available for new patients. Patients are invited to visit ‘www.hampshireandwightdental.co.uk’ to fill in an online form. Patients will […]
Emergency Dental Services To Cease At Bitterne Health Centre
Health bosses in Hampshire have confirmed that emergency dental services will cease at Bitterne Health Centre from April; the move is part of a county-wide shake-up of urgent dental care services. Bitterne Health Centre currently provides urgent treatment for patients with dental injuries, abscesses and severe tooth pain; however, the service will cease at the […]
Urgent Dental Services Could Be Relocated In Portsmouth
Emergency dental services could be relocated when the current contract comes to an end in March, urgent care is currently provided by Southern Health NHS Trust at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, but the service is under threat. The contract is due to expire at the end of March and health bosses have confirmed that it […]
BDHF Urges Parents To Remember Dental Checks As Kids Go Back To School
The British Dental Health Foundation has urged parents to remember to take their children for dental check-ups as they prepare to go back to school. Representatives from the dental health charity, which campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of good oral health, claim that now is the perfect time to arrange check-ups for children. […]
South Tyneside Dentists Cut Waiting Times for Children
Health bosses have praised dentists in South Tyneside for successfully cutting waiting times for children. In 2009 youngsters in the area were faced with a lengthy wait for treatment, which in some cases, was up to three years for orthodontic services. Now, children are waiting up to four months for treatment. A review carried out […]
Welsh dentists earn less than English dentists
Welsh dentists earn an average of £9,000 per year less than their English counterparts, it has been revealed. Figures released by the NHS Information Centre last night show that the average salary for a Welsh dentist is £122,400, nine thousands pounds less than dentists in England. The figures showed that salaries have increased since last […]
New NHS practice set to open in Barrow
A new NHS dental practice is set to open in Barrow. The new surgery will open in Duke Street in the autumn and will provide around two and a half thousand NHS dental places. The surgery will open in an office block, which has been empty for the last fifteen months. The application to turn […]
Rotherham patients concerned about infection
A number of patients in Rotherham have contacted their local Primary Care Trust after it was revealed that a local dentist was being investigated in connection with failing to use sterile instruments and keep his surgery clean. Mohammed Siddiqui hit the headlines recently because investigators were concerned about the lack of cleanliness in the surgery; […]
Buses used to inform people about NHS services in Ilkley
Buses are being used to help people find information about their local NHS dental services in the Ilkley area. The scheme is being run by NHS Bradford and Airedale in a bid to make local people aware of the services available to them. The buses, which travel throughout Bradford District, will have posters on the […]
