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NHS dental patients being asked to go private or wait two years for appointments

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NHS dental patients are being asked to pay for private treatments or wait two years for appointments, a watchdog warns. Healthwatch England was contacted by one patient who was offered a procedure for £1,700 which was £60 on the NHS.

Another was told that their odds of successful treatment would increase substantially if they were willing to pay for private care.

Chairman Sir Robert Francis QC said: “The pandemic has exacerbated the human impact of years of structural issues in NHS dentistry and is now pushing it to crisis point.” A briefing document from the watchdog said one patient was told they would need to wait for two years for an NHS appointment.

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