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Southport sees 25% rise in the number of NHS dentists leaving as Lib Dems announce £750 million package
ON 28 June 2024 the Lib Dems show the press the party's new analysis that the number of NHS dentists that have left dentistry in Southport has risen by 25% since 2018/19. The situation threatens to get worse with 19% of NHS dentists in Southport nearing retirement age creating the potential for even fewer dentists to cope with already overstretched services.
Southport Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Erin Harvey supports the Lib Dem £750 million ‘rescue package’ for dentistry which would mean around a quarter increase in funding on the NHS dentistry budget in England, which would help reform the NHS contract to encourage more dentists to take on NHS work.
The party's plan, backed by funding of £750m a year by the end of the Parliament, would guarantee access to an NHS dentist for everyone needing urgent and emergency care by:-
Erin commented:- "Speaking to people across Southport and the Northern Parishes, it’s clear that access to dentistry and GP’s is a major concern. Many people, including:- increasing numbers of children, are going without what should be the very basics of dental care as they can't even get registered with a dentist. It’s completely unacceptable for people to put up with these Victorian standards of care. The Conservative party has pushed local health services and dentistry to their knees and it is people in our community paying the price."
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