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but for new mums, the lack of nhs dentists is a real issue, meaning stephanie and many of her friends can t get the free dental care they are entitled to when they really need it. that was anne marie tasker reporting. it ll be christmas morning a week today but the cost of living crisis means millions of families are scaling back the celebrations, to some extent. jodi law s been speaking to the residents of one street in nottinghamshire to hear how their festive plans have been affected. welcome to stanton hill in ashfield. like many others across the east midlands, people on the street are preparing for a very different kind of christmas this year, because of the rising cost of living. and we re here to meet them. he served his country and served the queen as well. and we just don t get no help at all.
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we ve never had the amount of volume of children before. the charity dentaid was originally set up to help people in developing countries, but demand for its services here in the uk has increased over the past few years, made a lot worse by the pandemic. the british dental association says the pandemic has led to a backlog of more than 12.5 million nhs dentist appointments for children in england. around 1,000 dentists left the nhs in england last year. that s an 8% drop in the total workforce. the department of health says it provided unprecedented support for nhs dentists during the pandemic, is tackling the covid backlog and says there were nearly 300 more dentists registered last december than the previous year. after i came here, i ve had no more pain. i can now focus in lessons. it s no long term fix, but at least for now, the charity is ensuring these children s dental issues aren t leaving them in pain and aren t hurting their education.