Latest editorial
A dental nurse holding dental instruments
DENTAL campaigners reiterated calls for the NHS dentistry contract to be scrapped today following Lord Darzi’s damning report into the health service.
The cross-bench peer’s report called for “urgent action” on the current NHS dental contract if dentistry is to continue as a core service.
It said a contract must be developed “that balances activity and prevention, is attractive to dentists and rewards those dentists who practice in less served areas.
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
With 121,000 vacancies and 44.8% of staff feeling unwell from work stress, the NHS 10-year plan will not succeed unless the government takes immediate action to retain existing staff, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’