患者s are pulling out their own TEETH at home because they cannot 接近 or afford a dentist, 報告(する)/憶測 finds

  • 最初の/主要な dental care underspend for 2022/23 was 予測(する) to reach £400million

患者s?have been 軍隊d to pull out their own teeth at home because they cannot 接近 or afford an NHS dentist, a damning 報告(する)/憶測 says.

The ありふれたs health and social care 委員会 has called for '緊急の and 根底となる 改革(する)' after it 設立する 証拠 of 苦痛 and 苦しめる that is '全く 容認できない in the 21st century'.

The 文書 特記する/引用するs a YouGov 投票 of 2,104 people across the UK 行為/行うd in March 2023.

Ten per cent 認める to 試みる/企てるing 'DIY dentistry'. More than half (56 per cent) of the group carried it out in the last year and 20 per cent said they did so because they could not find an NHS dentist. The 投票 also 設立する 22 per cent of Britons were not 登録(する)d with a dentist, with 23 per cent of whom 説 it was because they could not afford 治療.

The 委員会 saw written 証拠 from more than 30 Healthwatch groups, with 事例/患者 熟考する/考慮するs 供給するd by Healthwatch Lincolnshire 明らかにする/漏らすing how people had pulled problem teeth out with pliers, or had to make a five-hour 一連の会議、交渉/完成する trip to see an NHS dentist.

Ten per cent of 2,104 people asked in a YouGov poll admitted to attempting 'DIY dentistry' (file image)

Ten per cent of 2,104 people asked in a YouGov 投票 認める to 試みる/企てるing 'DIY dentistry' (とじ込み/提出する image)

A 一連の会議、交渉/完成する-(米)棚上げする/(英)提議する hosted by the 委員会 last month also heard accounts of 患者s feeling 孤立するd 予定 to より悪くするing oral health. The 報告(する)/憶測 said there is a '重要な 地域の variation' in 接近 to NHS dentistry. The worst 影響する/感情d were those from 奪うd areas, 民族の 少数,小数派s, the homeless and those with コンビナート/複合体 needs such as autism.

It also (人命などを)奪う,主張するs freedom of (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) requests 明らかにする/漏らすd the 最初の/主要な dental care underspend for 2022/23 was 予測(する) to reach £400million.

Steve Brine, chairman of the 委員会, said: 'To hear of someone in such 苦痛 and 苦しめる that they 訴える手段/行楽地d to using pliers to 抽出する their teeth 論証するs the 危機 in NHS dental services.

'The problem is 構内/化合物d by people 存在 unaware of what they're する権利を与えるd to and a 契約 that is unfit for 目的 when it comes to 支払う/賃金ing dentists for 扱う/治療するing NHS 患者s.' The 委員会 is calling on the 政府 to 確実にする every person who needs an NHS dentist is able to 接近 one a 'reasonable distance' from their home and in a 'reasonable time でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れる'.

It is also calling for a dental 全労働人口 調査する to be (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限d, 同様に as the roll-out of a 患者 (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) (選挙などの)運動をする to 上げる 認識/意識性 of how NHS dentistry 作品.

Mr Brine 追加するd: 'What's 特に 失望させるing is that 推薦s made by our 前任者 委員会 15 years ago to 改革(する) the dental 契約 have still not been 器具/実施するd.

'Yet 契約 改革(する) alone is ありそうもない to bring 支援する dentists who have already left the NHS or are considering leaving in the 近づく 未来.

'We 是認する the 政府's ambition to 確実にする that everyone who needs an NHS dentist can 接近 one. Belatedly, now is the time to 配達する it.' Shawn Charlwood of the British Dental 協会 called the 報告(する)/憶測 'an 指示/教授/教育 手動式の to save NHS dentistry'.

He 追加するd: 'The real question now is whether 政府 or 対立 are ready to use it. 失敗 to 行為/法令/行動する will 非難する this service to oblivion.'