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NHS dentistry has often struggled to even see 55% of the population in a one-year period. [6]Following the government's introduction of a new contract in April 2006, NHS dentistry is not as widely available as it once was, [7] with 900,000 fewer patients seeing an NHS dentist in 2008 and 300,000 losing their NHS dentist in a single month. [8]
The National Health Service Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2.c. 25) is an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It extended prescription charges and dental charges for National Health Service patients. [1]
Dentists in the UK may undertake work under the National Health Service or privately. They may opt for either of these alternatives, or both. A small number of dentists are employed by the NHS but the vast majority are in private practice. UK dentists are regulated by the General Dental Council [1] and the Care Quality Commission. [2]
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The NHS will potentially have a shortage of general practitioners. From 2015 to 2022, the number of GPs fell by 1,622 and some of those continuing to work have changed to work part-time. [57] In 2023, a report revealed that NHS staff had faced over incidents of 20,000 sexual misconduct from patients from 2017 to 2022 across 212 NHS Trusts.
In 2008 there was a decreasing availability of NHS dentistry following a new government contract [141] and a trend towards dentists accepting private patients only, [142] with 1 in 10 dentists having left the NHS. However, in 2014 the number of NHS dental patients increased. [143] There have been several high-profile scandals within the NHS.
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However, people may be exempt from charges in various exemption categories. Charges were abolished by NHS Wales in 2007, Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland in 2010 and by NHS Scotland in 2011. In 2010/11, in England, £450 million was raised through these charges, some 0.5% of the total NHS budget. [1]