New Labour destroys NHS dentistry
The government’s attempts to “solve” the lack of availability of NHS dental care have failed.
They forced a new, target-driven contract onto the dentists. The contract paid paltry rewards to dentists to do rushed, sub-standard amalgam bashing, and gave no incentive for sensible, preventative dentistry.
This is exactly what they did to the GPs. Our income now depends on hitting government set targets which have very little to do with genuine health care and a lot to do with the views of Patricia Hewitt’s focus groups.
The dentists are voting with their feet, an option not open to GPs. Most dentists have always had hybrid NHS/Private practices. Now they are no longer hybrid. They have left the NHS. They can now do high quality dental work. They do not have the same pressures. They do not have to report in triplicate to a hierarchy of dental commissars who demand that they retrospectively justify the need for all the work they have done. And they are earning twice as much money. Who can blame them?
More than 1,600 dentists in England quit the NHS in the first three months since a new contract was introduced, according to official figures.
NHS Information Centre statistics show the number of contracted dentists fell from 21,111 to 19,462 on 30 June. (BBC)
How is the government going to deal with this?
It is going to fall back on its favourite strategy. It is going to use the well-known "sword of truth and trusty shield of fair play".
It is going to lie.
Poor old Rosie Winterton (see Guido) got the short straw. Patricia would not sully her reputation (sic) with this.
Lester Ellman, chairman of the British Dental Association's (BDA) general dental practice committee, said: "At a time when the government are trying to increase access to NHS dentistry, the loss of any dentist to the service has an impact. "Dentists are frustrated by the target-driven approach of the new contract, which fails to allow a more preventative approach to care."
The Department of Health issued a statement on behalf of Health Minister Rosie Winterton.
It said: "NHS dentistry is expanding, with primary care trusts now commissioning more services than under the old contract."
Of course it is, Rosie
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