Cornwall demanding action with 50,000 patients on waiting list for an NHS dentist

Cornwall Council is calling for action as 48,000 patients wait for an NHS dental appointment. Devon and Cornwall patients are waiting an average of 477 days to see a dentist. Numbers have jumped recently, from 18,508 on waiting lists in January 2016, with waiting times of 357 days. ‘This is an issue that I have been aware of for a long time,’ Councillor Loic Rich told Cornwall Live. ‘It has been in the news recently with reports that people in Bodmin have been facing a round trip to Redruth to see an NHS dentist. ‘We had a report from NHS England, which set out their plan for Cornwall. ‘It was looking at dentistry but wasn’t really addressing the scale of the problem. ‘It is important

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