Time for a National Dental Service as this appointments scandal takes root – Yorkshire Post Letters

THE situation now for people needing dental treatment is critical.

I am really concerned about the future if there are no changes, and the impact 
this could also have on 
children in York, as many 
simply aren’t getting to see a dentist.

More people are being forced to ‘go private’ as there are no alternatives, and the costs are really high, with consequences such as dental problems being left to get worse, or in extreme cases, people extracting their own teeth.

It is an absolute scandal that we have been allowed to get to this point.

Austerity of all our public services, and a systematic destruction of our public 
health services, our NHS and 
our dental service, have 
meant that people have to 
either put up with the pain or spend their life savings 
for services that should be universal and accessible to 
all.

I believe we need a National Dental Service, free at the point of need, accessible to all.

York urgently needs a 
dental school to train the 
next generation of NHS 
dentists, I will be working tirelessly in Parliament to achieve this.

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