he nationwide shortage of NHS dentists has been graphically illustrated, with the UK shown to be lagging well behind Europe and the US. Queues of hundreds of would-be patients outside new NHS surgeries and stories of people travelling abroad to see a dentist have all added to pressure on the Government to tackle the issue. The latest study, published in the International Journal of Health Geographics, uses a “traffic light” system to show those areas with the fewest dentists to serve their local population. (more…)
