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Credit & Credibility: a tale of bankrupt promises from Government as NHS dentists are handed yet more real world financial cuts.
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After an unprecedented and unacceptable wait for the DDRB (The Doctors and Dentists Review Body) recommended uplift for NHS Dental contracts, how do the Government’s figures look for Dentistry? Let’s take a look at the numbers...
6% the DDRB recommended rate of uplift.
9.2% the rate of Dental Inflation - the spiralling costs for practices to provide care for their patients.
1.68% the rate of practice expenses inflation the government have allocated
9 the number of months the government kept practices waiting before letting them down with a sub-inflationary raise leaving practices at risk.
13 million the number of patients with an unmet need for NHS dentistry
94% the percentage of new patients unable to secure NHS care
click here to read more in a article from the BDA
Click here to find your MP and ask why NHS Dentistry is being phased out
The Government’s debt on promises is mounting - the dental profession are increasingly reluctant to extend their credit any further.