The Reporting Scotland team have been scouring the country’s teeth for weeks looking for a shortage of NHS dentists after hearing but not sharing this:
From Public Health Scotland in January 2023:
95.4% of the Scottish population were registered with an NHS dentist as at 30 September 2022. Nearly all adults living in the most deprived areas were registered with an NHS dentist in September 2022, compared to 91.9% in the least deprived areas.
As at 30 September 2022, 87.2% of children were registered, compared to 87.4% on 30 September 2021.
As at 30 September 2022, 2.6 million registered patients had seen an NHS dentist within the last two years (50.4% compared to 43.1% in March 2022). Registered children were more likely than adults to have seen an NHS dentist within the last two years (65.7% compared to 47.2%).
Lisa Summers:
Only 95.4%? Come on team! Let’s find those 4.6%! Move it!
Boss, boss, found one! In Dunoon!
Let’s get that councillor on to say there’ll be no access to NHS dentists on the island.
It’s not an island.
Never mind, we can say it’s ‘remote’.
There’s lots of dentists in Gourock, Greenock and Port Glasgow taking NHS patients?
Don’t mention that!
Comment – there seem to be 3 dentists in Dunoon and an NHS Dental Clinic. PDS (Public Dental Service) are Dentists employed by NHS Highland, and presumably deal with cases referred by GPs?
https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/dental-services/3875%201arb1116
I don’t suppose they do cosmetic stuff.
Whit, travel all the way tae Gourock fur ma makeover. Bluhdy SNP cuts!!!
Footnote – If you know someone in Dunoon who might be worried by the BBC Scotland report, tell them about the clinic.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
BBC wet dream :
Ferry cancelled due to water supply on board contamination by dead pigeon which delayed replacement cladding shipment intended for dental surgery in Dunoon , forcing its closure resulting in queues of desperate people sharing pliers to remove own teeth due to severe pliers shortage caused by Scottish Government diverting funds to purchase campervans .
Interview with eye-witness , Damn Jackie Baillie and her faithful handbag carrier , Brylcreem Gulhane , wearing his NHS lanyard .
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I think that’s next week’s news James, Lisa will not be pleased.
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The National ran an article with this headline a few days ago
“People forced to pull out their own teeth amid NHS dental crisis, report finds”
The National also quoted this
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmhealth/964/report.html
“The Health and Social Care Committee’s examination of NHS dentistry calls for “urgent and fundamental reform” and said there was evidence of pain and distress that is “totally unacceptable in the 21st century”.
The document cites a YouGov poll of 2,104 people across the UK conducted in March 2023”
Whenever I am asked about the ‘NHS’ I always add at the end, there is no such thing as a NHS UK.
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Dear Reporting Scotland.
“The Public Dental Service
Since 2014, there has also been a Public Dental Service (PDS), run by NHS boards. Dentists working for the PDS are salaried, employed by the NHS board and can provide general dental services, working in a similar way to high street dentists, but from NHS premises and only offering NHS services, no private ones. The PDS replaced the Community Dental Service in 2014.
The way the PDS operates across Scotland varies widely. It is far more prominent, and does register patients for routine care, where there is a shortage of high street dentists. NHS Western Isles and NHS Borders are two boards where the PDS provides a wider service, whereas in most other health boards the PDS provides emergency care for people who are not registered with a dentist, as well as providing services to people with higher access needs. NHS Fife provides information about their Public Dental Service on its website, which clearly explains the role of their PDS.”
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emergency dental care for Argyll and Bute.
https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/dental-services/4631%201
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‘Union Jack, put it back’? Okay then ‘Saltire flag, not in my bag’.
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