To: Richard Bacon - Conservative MP for South Norfolk
Children urgently need NHS dentists!
Hundreds of children and adults are being left without dental care as they cannot afford the cost of private dentistry, now, even dentists who would see children under NHS contracts are not renewing their contract with the NHS leaving some parents facing a monthly subscription or hefty private charges to maintain their children's dental health.
Why is this important?
If children's parents are unable to afford their dental care then their dental health will suffer, parents will have no choice but to take their children to A&E when they are suffering the results of not having been able to see a dentist. What is the point of children being entitled to free dental if you literally cannot find an NHS dentist able to take them on, with dental practices who are presently under contract with the NHS, citing waiting lists of 2-3 years with no guarantee that by that time they will still be under contract.
