Dental Queries Received by Healthwatch Cheshire - January to October 2022
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Healthwatch Cheshire East and Healthwatch Cheshire West and Chester report on key themes in their data about dentistry in 2022. During this period, they heard from 159 people.
The key themes include:
- Accessing and registering with an NHS dentist
- Lengthy waiting lists to register with an NHS dentist and often only available miles away from home
- Having to use private dentists they cannot afford
- Lengthy wait for appointments with the dentist they are registered with
- Being deregistered by their dentist as they are deemed inactive
- Lack of follow up treatment available after emergency procedures
- Access to accurate information.