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Up to 96% of practices unable to offer care to new NHS patients

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The Mirror data unit analysed more than 6,500 practices on the NHS ‘Find a Dentist' site and found 4,800, or 73%, are not currently accepting new adult patients - with 1 in 10 constituencies in England not having a single NHS dentist accepting new adult patients.

However, a joint follow-up investigation undertaken by the Mirror and the British Dental Association suggests this figure is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Up to 96% of practices unable to offer care to new NHS patients. BDJ Student (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-024-1462-z

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