Monday 5 February 2018

Patients having to travel 70 miles to see a dentist amid NHS hiring crisis

Patients having to travel 70 miles to see a dentist amid NHS hiring crisis Patients are facing a 70-mile journey to see a dentist and the NHS faces an imminent recruitment crisis, a professional association has warned.

Low morale among NHS dentists has left practices are struggling to recruit, the British Dental Association (BDA) said.

A survey for the association found more than two thirds of NHS practices in England who had tried to hire in the past year had struggled to fill their vacancies.

Dentists carrying out the most NHS work are more likely to be disillusioned than those conducting more private work. The Telegraph

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