Andrew Griffith has said that new "mobile hubs" along with bounties for practices that re-open their lists to welcome new NHS patients will mean that "everyone should be able to find an NHS dentist in their area." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well, the sector has actually welcomed the dental recovery plan that we announced today.
00:04 Obviously, dental services, as we know, they're so proximate.
00:07 They were hit hard by COVID. People missed their checkups.
00:11 And that's created a tail of demand for services.
00:15 200 million was announced earlier this week.
00:17 I know representing a rural area, it has been difficult to find an NHS dentist.
00:22 There's more dentists being trained now than ever before.
00:26 There'll be new mobile hubs and specific bounties for those who reopen their lists
00:32 so that everyone should be able to find an NHS dentist in their area again.