The Big Dental Check-Up

Download (PDF 793.63 KB)

Summary of report content

Healthwatch Halton contacted all local dental practices, by email and phone, to get an accurate picture regarding appointment availability and waiting times. They found that none of the local dental practices they heard from were taking on new NHS patients. Following this they ran a short online questionnaire, to gather feedback from residents who had either accessed or attempted to access dental care since March 2020.

The report highlights the issues local people have been facing while trying to access NHS dental treatment, including:

  • access to routine and urgent dental care
  • difficulty affording private dental care
  • impact on people due to lack of timely dental care
  • travelling to dental practices
  • clarity of costs
  • lack of access for children

Healthwatch Halton have made six clear recommendations for dental providers to improve the current issues with NHS dentistry.    

 

Would you like to look at:

General details

Local Healthwatch
Healthwatch Halton
Publication date
Date evidence capture began
Date evidence capture finished
Key themes
Access to services
Cost and funding of services
Written information, guidance and publicity

Methodology and approach

Was the work undertaken in partnership with another organisation?
No
Name(s) of the partner organisation(s)
none
Primary research method used
Survey
If an Enter and View methodology was applied, was the visit announced or unannounced?
N/A

Details of health and care services included in the report

Details of health and care services included in the report
Dentist

Details of people who shared their views

Number of people who shared their views
176
Age group
Not known
Gender
Not known
Is the gender identity of people in the report the same as the sex they were assigned at birth?
Not known
Sexual orientation
Not known
Does this report feature carers?
Yes
Did you find this attached report useful?
0
No votes have been submitted yet.