NHS dental access for Swanage

The new practice will bring access to high quality NHS dentistry to over 9,600 people in the Dorset town for the first time in 15 months, and new patients are invited to register. 

Kate Middleton may have been the centre of attention the day before with the naming ceremony of the Royal Princess, but on Friday Mr Cockcroft was guest of honour at the opening of the SCA Trafalgar Swanage practice at 118 Kings Road West, Swanage, BH19 1HS, on Friday June 14^th.  Attendees even joked about christening the practice with a bottle of mouthwash.

Other VIPs attending the event included representatives from the contractors involved with the building refurbishments, MEH Builders, DESS (dental Equipment Sales and Service and Henry Schein, Mr & Mrs Cooper (previous owners of the building) Maria Mills, SCA Group CEO and all of the SCA Trafalgar staff who have been involved with the project.

The new practice is run by not-for-profit social enterprise SCA Group, which runs six other successful NHS Trafalgar dental practices in Hampshire. SCA Trafalgar was awarded a 20-year contract to provide NHS services in Swanage by the former NHS Dorset in January 2013, and has invested in the new practice with support from Big Issue Invest and RBS Bank. Following the closure of a previous practice in Swanage, NHS patients have not been able to obtain comprehensive NHS dentistry in the town for 15 months, and have had to travel to neighbouring towns or use the temporary mobile dental unit located in the town.