A survey found a quarter of people have been unable to get an NHS dental care in the last 12 months.
Almost a quarter of people have been unable to access care from an NHS dentist in the last year, with a number turning to “DIY dentistry” as a result, a new poll suggests.
Just over a third said they got an appointment and 40% said they hadn’t tried, according to the survey of 2,234 UK adults.For some patients this could include using a filling kit from a pharmacy and in extreme cases some people have even claimed to have pulled out their own teeth.Daisy Cooper, health spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, said: “It is now or never to save our NHS from a winter of crisis that will put patients at risk.
“It is a national scandal that people are forced to pull their own teeth out because our public health services have been starved of funding.” “These access problems are not inevitable. This horror show is the direct result of choices made in Westminster.
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