The British Dental Association has said government failure to embrace fundamental reform of Nhs Dentistry risks condemning a generation to decay and widening oral health inequality. The professional body says the Recovery Plan, is incapable of even beginning to honour Rishi Sunak’s promise to ‘restore’ NHS dentistry, or in any way meet the Government’s stated ambition to provide access to NHS dentistry for ‘all who need it’. The plan sets up a ‘new patient premium’, which will give a bonus to dentists seeing a patient that hasn’t undergone treatment in two years – £15 to first see them, £50 if
NHS ‘Recovery Plan’ unworthy of the title as seen on The Hippocratic Post.