Dentistry

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:50 pm on 1 March 2006.

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Photo of Julia Goldsworthy Julia Goldsworthy Shadow Minister, Health 1:50, 1 March 2006

I am sure that patients of NHS dentists will be more interested in the fact that the cost of check-ups and band 2 treatments will increase, and the fact that they may not be able to find an NHS dentist at all.

For 9,000 patients in my constituency, D-day—deregistration day—has already arrived. Last week, one of the biggest NHS dental surgeries in the constituency announced that its 9,000 adult NHS patients would either have to go elsewhere for NHS treatment, or have one week in which to decide whether to sign up for a direct debit plan and private treatment.