HEALTH CHECK-UP CRISIS DEEPENS: THE TOOTH HURTS AS DENTISTS DROP NHS
Daily Record|July 17, 2023
Free treatment is harder to find
VIVIENNE AITKEN
HEALTH CHECK-UP CRISIS DEEPENS: THE TOOTH HURTS AS DENTISTS DROP NHS

THOUSANDS of people have not had their teeth checked in years and are suffering in agony as Scotland's NHS dentist crisis deepens.

Latest figures show a growing number of dental surgeries are switching to private practice as communities struggle with the cost of living rise.

Nearly 82 per cent of all NHS dentists are no longer taking on new health service patients, while 83 per cent now say they will reduce their NHS commitment.

And in the year ahead more than a third say they intend to change career or seek early retirement.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 17, 2023 من Daily Record.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 17, 2023 من Daily Record.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.