The president of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD), Paula Waterhouse is calling for an end to the unethical practice of taking dental X-rays for asylum seekers in an attempt to verify...
Minister says his elderly “frail” mother has pulled her teeth out due to “desperation” and being unable to access NHS services.
Robert Halfon, minister for Harlow and the Villages, has released a statement in response to concerns about access to NHS dentists following an Opposition Day debate in parliament on January 9, 2023.
On January 9, 2024, Tim Farron, MP for Westmoreland, Furness and Eden, presented a petition to the House of Commons urging action on the lack of available NHS dental places in Cumbria and other rural...
The British Dental Association (BDA) says it laments the lack of clarity from the government over plans to save NHS dentistry.
Politician says it is “borderline impossible” to get an NHS dentist in Swindon. The comments follow the release of updated information concerning available services.
Margaret Greenwood MP is calling on the government to develop a comprehensive national children’s oral health strategy to reduce waiting times and focus on targeted preventive measures, early...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has said Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, must deliver on his leadership election pledge to ‘restore’ NHS dentistry with the much-delayed recovery plan.
As political parties prepared to hold roundtable talks with the secretary of state on public finance pressures on December 11, the British Dental Association (BDA) Northern Ireland warned that the...
The same restrictions that currently apply to tobacco products should be applied to the marketing, packaging and display of e-cigarettes, according to a new consultation response by Public Health...
Concerns over poor access to NHS dentists, and the easy availability of single-use vapes, were the subjects of separate motions agreed by the full meeting of Eastleigh Borough Council.
Plans to introduce the most significant public health intervention in a generation and phase out smoking are progressing at pace, as the government’s consultation closed on December 6, 2023.