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Tory Health Minister Andrea Leadsom went to a private practice to boast about the Tories plans to unlock more dentist appointments in their Dental Recovery Plan

We know that the Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights have served to prevent asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda to have their applications processed, but where were the human rights lawyers when Ted and Jose Saunders received a letter from North Northamptonshire Council telling them that their terraced house in Rushden was to be compulsorily-purchased to house asylum-seekers? True, the council apologised, saying it was a mistake and that the letter was really meant to go to a

People in agony are resorting to pulling out their own teeth with pliers or travelling 200 miles for treatment - enough is enough, we need to save NHS dentistry now

The Salisbury Liberal Democrats have reacted to the government’s plans to overhaul NHS dentistry, calling it “too little too late” and…

Chief Dental Officer Jason Wong has been a major cheerleader for the Government plan but admits in private it won’t fix the national crisis accessing an NHS dentist

A pair of surveys questioning more than 3,000 dentists across the UK revealed that two-thirds of them now plan to go private – and a whopping 90% think Rishi Sunak's Conservative government is to blame

In an interview with BBC Radio Devon, Rishi Sunak was challenged over messages from listeners who are being forced to pay for private dental care due to lack of NHS dentistry

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Chris Langston, 50, has told the Mirror how he was forced to pull out a loose tooth with pliers following six months of pain after failing to get an NHS dentist appointment

Paddy McGuinness appeared on Question Time last night where he said his dad had removed his own teeth with pliers because he could not get an NHS dentist

The number of children needing tooth extractions in hospitals has jumped to 48,000 last year as experts warned that the shortage of NHS dentists is creating misery for patients