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NHS dentistry – is a core service inevitable? Flame Health Blog
NHS dentistry – is a core service inevitable? Flame Health Blog
During Practice Plan’s recent webinar, sales and marketing director, Nigel Jones, spoke to BDA chair, Eddie Crouch to get his views on NHS dentistry and its future.
We have a fundamental problem of an ageing population that will have increasing health needs. We are going to have a lot more retired people and fewer taxpayers. So, there are some massive challenges for all health provision in the country.
It feels like what we really need is some honesty and some frank discussion about what’s possible and how much money can genuinely be made available, given all these competing demands.
But surely the only way forward is a core service, or restricted service, or something that targets what limited resources there are at those most in need. That must be where we’re heading isn’t it, Eddie?
NHS dentistry – is a core service inevitable?