In what's been branded a 'badge of shame for the government', hundreds of people spent the night queueing outside a dental practice after it opened up just NHS slots for the first time. A further 27,000 people called in a bid to make an appointment.
Hundreds of people spent the night queueing outside a Kent dental practice after it opened NHS slots for the first time.phoneThe overwhelming response came after the practice announced it would offer 60 NHS slots to the first 20 people in the queue, and the first 20 to email and call.: ‘Since 8am when we opened, and our intake began, we’ve had over 100 people attend the practice, over 700 emails, and our phone system has logged over 27,000 calls – so far.
‘From the first 60 inquiries – 20 in queue, 20 by phone, and 20 by email – we have managed to secure appointments for over 120 patients. ‘I appreciate that compared to the sheer volume of inquiries today, this seems like very few; I simply ask that everyone bear in mind that these appointments have been secured in the near future, without needing to wait for months.
‘We must work within our capacity as there is no sense in booking in hundreds of patients but then not being able to provide their required treatment in a reasonable timeframe.’Outraged residents reacted to the queue photos online by calling them a ‘badge of shame for the government’, with another expressing their sadness for ‘the state of the country’.
The high demand for affordable treatment is seen by some as a symptom of the inadequate current system, with thousands of patients losing access to treatment because of a shortage of NHS dentists.
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