Why can’t you find an NHS dentist?

Back in 1999, Tony Blair promised that within two years, everyone who wanted one would have access to an NHS dentist. so the daily mirror

Last week in Wales, hundreds of desperate people queued overnight in an attempt to register with an NHS dentist who was taking on new patients. It is not a one-off case.

It is now very rare to be able to find an NHS dentist with an open register anywhere.

Two million cannot find NHS dentist

Dental pain: Two million search in vain for dentist writes daily mail

MPs have called on the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to help two million people in England who are unable to find an NHS dentist.

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report said that the Department of Health had repeatedly postponed elements of its plans to reform dentistry, and had missed several “key milestones” in the process.