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The UK Government has announced a major overhaul of NHS dentistry, set to take effect in April 2026 , with the aim of improving access to care, especially for urgent and complex dental problems. For years, patients have struggled to find NHS dentists willing or able to treat serious dental needs. Appointments for pain relief, infections, or dental trauma have often been hard to secure, leaving people in discomfort or travelling far from home. These longstanding access issues

Getting fast, reliable dental care when you need it shouldn’t be difficult — especially when you’re in pain. To help make this easier for patients, BOB ICB (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West) has now rolled out the Government’s new Urgent Dental Care Scheme, offering both urgent and non-urgent unscheduled dental appointments across the area. Here’s what this means for people in West Berkshire. What does ‘unscheduled dental care’ mean? Urgent unscheduled care is:

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our Women’s Health in West Berkshire survey. Your feedback played an important part in helping us highlight the needs and experiences of women and girls across our area. We gathered views from those aged 14 and over, who shared their thoughts on topics including: Menstrual and gynaecological health Fertility, pregnancy, and postnatal support Menopause Mental health and wellbeing Cancer care The h