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Baby food and drink guidelines needed over sugar concerns, say health campaigners

The move follows ongoing concern about the amount of sugar in many shop-bought baby and toddler food products.

The Independent UK

Health organisations call for ‘overdue’ baby food and drink guidelines

The move follows ongoing concern about the amount of sugar in many shop-bought baby and toddler food products.

The Independent UK

NHS dentist numbers in England at lowest level in a decade

British Dental Association warns of exodus of dentists, with millions of patients struggling to get checkups

The Guardian - UK

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NHS dentist charges to rise in April 2023 - list of new prices

The NHS has said that standard charges will go up from April 25

Nottingham Post

One in 10 people have performed DIY dentistry, poll finds

People claim to have given themselves fillings while others removed or repaired crowns and filed their broken teeth down.

The Independent UK

Desperate man who couldn't get NHS dentist pulls out 5 of his teeth with pliers

A man has told how he had to extract five of his teeth as there were no NHS dentists in his area available to take him on thanks to closures during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

ITV Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley says he was 'messenger' as he claps back after being slammed for dentist comments

The presenter was back on GMB and was forced to address his comments from the previous day's show

Manchester Evening News

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The strange world of former climate change denier, devolution and same-sex marriage opponent David Davies

To help people get acquainted WalesOnline has put together some of David Davies' more controversial deeds and opinions.

Wales Online

Further cuts will kill off NHS dental services, chancellor told

Exclusive: British Dental Association chief says there is ‘no more fat to trim’ amid fears for health budget

The Guardian - UK

Not a single dental surgery in Bristol is currently taking NHS patients

The British Dental Association says it would take £880 million to restore care to 2010 levels

Bristol Post

Number of ‘dental deserts’ across England growing, figures show

Previous data has shown that children in deprived communities have poorer dental health than those in richer places.

The Independent UK

Woman who said she looked like Nanny McPhee flew to Turkey for dental work after £19k UK quote

The total cost of the Turkish trip including treatment, flights and hotel in Antalya is £5,000 which is nearly a quarter of what she says she would have to pay privately in the UK

Wales Online

Woman jets to Turkey after UK dentist quotes her £19,000 for treatment

The British Dental Association called it “a national disgrace” that Brits are forced to go abroad to receive treatment and said NHS dentistry has become “a postcode lottery”

Daily Mirror

Woman who says she looks like 'Nanny McPhee' flies out for 'Turkey teeth' after '£19,000 treatment quote'

Sally Murphy couldn't register for an NHS dentist - the British Dental Association called it a 'national disgrace'

Manchester Evening News

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Liverpool Echo

Woman flies to Turkey after UK dentist quotes £19k for treatment

Sally Murphy said she would have to get a second mortgage to be able to afford the treatment in the UK

Daily Mirror

One NHS dentist to thousands of people in parts of England as industry on 'last legs'

NHS digital figures show that in North Lincolnshire, there were just 54 NHS dentists - equating to one dentist for every 3,199 people - with experts from the British Dental Association saying it will take an extra £880million a year to restore resources to 2010 levels

The Conversation

NHS dentistry is at breaking point – only radical action may be enough to fix it

Almost 90% of NHS dental practices in the UK are no longer accepting new adult patients, according to a report by the BBC. Only one in five practices are willing to accept children as new patients.

Daily Mirror

How to find a dentist near me - NHS dentists in your area as UK faces crisis

The British Dental Association has claimed that millions of people are struggling to get the dental care they need as they cannot get an appointment with their local dentist

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The Guardian - UK

‘Impossible to get an appointment’: Britons forced abroad to seek dental treatment

Four patients on why they went overseas for dental care due to costs and being unable to obtain treatment locally

Manchester Evening News

NHS nightmares as North West's practices not taking new patients - forcing '140-mile round trips'

“I phoned 25 to 30 dentists within a reasonable vicinity of our new home but every single one said they were only taking on private patients"

Chronicle Live

Brits attempting ‘DIY dentistry’ with glue as 91% of dentists won’t accept new patients

Healthwatch England said that some people had also resorted to pulling out their own teeth after being left unable to get a dentist appointment

The Independent UK

What is the NHS dentist shortage and why is it happening?

Nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients, a survey has found

Bristol Post

Almost all dental practices across Bristol turning away new adult NHS patients

North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset have similar percentages

Manchester Evening News

Nine in 10 NHS dental practices are not accepting new adult patients

Some 98 per cent of dentists in the North West are not accepting new adult patients, the survey concluded

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Decay in NHS dentistry is part of a wider crisis

Have you tried signing up for an NHS dentist? If you managed it, tell the rest of us how. Figures from the British Dental Association (BDA) and the BBC lay bare the bleeding abscess at the heart of UK dental care. The shortage of dentists has been blamed on an…

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