Extra 52,000 dentist appointments for Londoners to help tackle 'Dickensian state of affairs'

The UK Government is providing over 52,000 additional urgent NHS dental appointments in London as part of efforts to improve access to dental care. This initiative aims to address the dire state of NHS dentistry, which has left one in five London patients unable to secure appointments over the past two years. Despite this increase, dental leaders have warned it amounts to only two more slots per dentist monthly, illustrating the scale of the problem. Health minister Stephen Kinnock emphasized the urgent need for action in response to patients resorting to dangerous DIY dentistry due to inaccessible care.

Over 52,000 extra urgent appointments will take place in London over the next year as part of a nationwide drive to pull dentistry out of a Dickensian state of affairs.

Health minister Stephen Kinnock said, 'It's just excruciating to think of the pain that must have caused and the heartbreaking situation you have to be in to be forced to do DIY dentistry.'

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