The lack of NHS dental care provision in Shropshire saw a Telford councillor quoted over ten times as much to have work done privately.
Telford & Wrekin councillor Kelly Middleton, Cabinet member for health, said that she rang five different dentists in Telford & Wrekin and was unable to get an NHS appointment.
“Even for people who are working that’s a lot of money . We have a lack of NHS dentists in Telford, you can’t get into one in my ward and had to go to Bridgnorth to reduce the costs.” In the plan is initiatives to ‘improve the viability’ of treating NHS patients and an initiative to attract trained dentists back into the profession and to keep them in the job.
As part of the NHS Dental Recovery Plan dental teams will visit ‘under-served’ state primary schools, offering varnish treatments and advice.
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