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Access to NHS dentistry remains one of the issues we hear about most often at Healthwatch West Berkshire. A new analysis from the Nuffield Trust highlights the scale of the challenge, finding that around 1 in 10 NHS dental practices in England have stopped providing NHS care since 2017. The great extraction: the changing state of NHS general dental services in England | Nuffield Trust The research found that the proportion of dental practices offering NHS treatment fell from

Many people across England are finding it harder than ever to access NHS dental care. New analysis from the Nuffield Trust shows that around 1 in 10 NHS dental practices have stopped providing NHS care since 2017, with approximately 600 practices leaving NHS dentistry during that period. The proportion of practices offering NHS dental services has fallen from around 65% to 56%. At Healthwatch West Berkshire, we know this reflects the experiences many local people share with u

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: