Exclusive: Watchdog finds sharp rise in number of poorer households forced to pay for fillings and extractions ...

NHS charges for everything from a check-up, to fillings and dentures set to rise from next month in move branded ‘slap in the ...

Dental charges in England will rise by an average of 1.7% from 1 April 2026. This means the cost of a band 1 treatment like a ...

Dentists have branded the 1.7% rise a 'slap in the face' to people on low incomes, with the British Dental Association saying ...

Patient fees for NHS dentistry will increase from April 2026, which dental experts have criticised as a 'substitute for state investment'.

Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.

Scottish Labour’s proposals would mean medical graduates face an impossible choice: a financial penalty or insecure employment, say Elgan Manton-Roseblade and Joe Payne Last month, the Scottish Labour ...

In a significant move, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced an investigation into the private dentistry ...

Only one in five Scots said the government is doing all it reasonably can about dentistry when polled, while 65% thought it ...

We write to draw your attention to the publication of the Neighbourhood Health Framework and Fit for the future: towards population health delivery models. Neighbourhood health sits at the heart of ...

Boost for patients as the government bolsters the dental workforce by thousands. Thousands more dentists will be available to see patients as ...

Britain's competition watchdog has launched a review into the private dentistry market in response to the rising cost of a basic consultation.