Eddie Crouch
@EddieCrouch
Birmingham Dentist Current Chair of BDA Principal Executive Committee
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11-03-2009 23:32:50
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A reminder to Andrea Leadsom MP - who claims it “isn’t the case dentists are disappearing from the NHS” - that dentist headcount has collapsed to 2017 levels, and NHS work is steadily falling.
We can’t have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
This crisis was made in Westminster.
Great to have Dr Abu Eid and Katie Hanna up from Aberdeen Dental Institute to support our Mouth Cancer Event in NHS Shetland. Some great work from Oral Health Improvement NHS Shetland Team in pulling this event together🙏
CLAIM: Department of Health and Social Care say the recovery plan means “more practices are already accepting new adult patients across England.”
REALITY: Govt redefined access. It’s no longer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for practices on whether they’re taking on new patients. It’s a ‘maybe’.
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Eddie Crouch Andrea Leadsom MP Good Morning Britain BDA I have taken on a handful of new patients. Those patients that have earned my practice the new patient premium have been on my NHS list since 2012, they simply have not attended regularly like the others have. This has not created new appointment or increased access.
BDA Eddie Crouch 38 Degrees The Mirror Rishi Sunak 03/05/23
'Discussions are ongoing between the Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS around dentistry, and DHSC is planning to outline further reform measures in the near future'
What's happened?
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