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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Hannah Rees

Survey: Have your say on NHS dental appointments

The ECHO wants to hear your experiences with NHS dental appointments as plans to tackle the backlog are announced.

NHS England have revealed that 350,000 additional dental appointments will be made available to patients in England, including evening and weekend appointments.

Children, people with severe mental health problems, learning difficulties or autism will be prioritised as the NHS works to get "dentistry back to pre-pandemic levels".

READ MORE: Survey: Have your say on the lifting of Plan B restrictions

Chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley said: "Dental services are a vital part of the NHS providing oral health care to all age groups and that's why we have taken this unprecedented action to boost NHS dental services.

"More than 600 urgent dental health hubs were rapidly ramped up during the pandemic to deliver urgent care for patients and the NHS is now getting key services like dentistry back to pre-pandemic levels - injecting an extra £50 million into routine services will help provide check-ups and treatment for hundreds and thousands of people."

As plans are announced, we want to hear about your experiences and how easy it has been to see a dentist across Merseyside.

Let us know in our survey below.

If you have any trouble seeing the survey, follow the link here.

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