250,000 lose NHS dentist under new contracts - The Telegraph 29th November 2007

About 250,000 people have lost their National Health Service dentist since the reform of the system, new figures show. In the two years to June 2007, 27.89 million people were treated on the NHS compared with 28.15 million in the two years running up to the new dental contract which was introduced in March 2006. Under the new contract 266,000 fewer people had dental treatment on the NHS than under the previous system, figures from the Department of Health information centre have shown.

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