New surgery to clear 5,000-strong NHS dental waiting list
A NEW NHS dental surgery will allow the 5,000-strong waiting list to be ripped up.
North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) hopes to have the new surgery open in Scunthorpe in June.
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It will begin a consultation stage later this month before putting the contract out to tender.
A PCT spokesman said: "The new dental practice will remove the need for the PCT to continue maintaining a waiting list for people wishing to access NHS dental services within North Lincolnshire."
The surgery could then be included within a clinic in Crosby planned to open in about 2011.
Chris Huyton, chairman of the Local Dentistry Committee, believes a two or three man practice would be enough to satisfy everyone on the waiting list.
For the full story, buy today's Scunthorpe Telegraph.
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by anon, barton
Monday, September 08 2008, 6:07PM
“for anybody badly in need of a regular dentist try over the river, loads of dentists there have vacancies for nhs patients, ok its costs to travel there, but its better then suffering, try 543 dental practice, anlaby road hull”
by Dufus, westcliff
Monday, September 08 2008, 4:36PM
“It will clear the 5000 waiting list? I bet the list would be longer than 5000 its just alot of people are that fed up they haven't registered or gone private.”
by Ivan, Scunny - looking for a dentist
Monday, September 08 2008, 2:22PM
“Louise, yes I read the story but June 2009 is almost a year away and then they'll start consulation about a new surgery for 2011. What happens to us who have no chance of an NHS dentist between now and June next year, do we keep praising the poor PCT and suffer on despite paying National Insurance for this sort of thing??
This country is a total disgrace now when you can't even get the basic health services you've already paid out for!”
by gill, barrow
Monday, September 08 2008, 2:02PM
“irang round a few dentists and told no places avaliable only one said icould go on wating list which is 2years at the moment so why icarnt afford private my husbands teeth are nearly all fell out the dentist we was with is now only private so whats happing to n.h.s we still pay our stap every week get nothing for it so wating till2011 is daft we need em now 2008”
by Mo Larr, Yaddlethorpe
Monday, September 08 2008, 1:46PM
“By Gum, haven't theTelegraph readers got their Teeth into this, the Root of the problem is lack of denists. If they used their Wisdom they will see that the PCT hope to open a new surgery by June 2009 and to Crown it the surgery could be included in the new Crosby surgery. Surely an Enameld service. I wonder who will reveal the Plaque at the opening ceremony.”