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New dental contract must end "fill and drill" culture

December 8, 2004 12:00 AM

News that the British Dental Association has suspended talks with the Government on the arrangements for a new contract means that the nation's teeth will continue to suffer, the Liberal Democrats said today.

Paul Burstow MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, said:

"The longer the contract negotiation drags on, the more the nation's teeth will suffer.

"The bad treatment that dentists suffered when they negotiated their last contract with the Conservatives makes the suspicion felt by dentists understandable. That legacy should not hamper negotiations that put NHS dentists back on the path to recovery.

"This Government's failure over the last seven years to tackle the shortage of dentists and stop the exodus from the NHS has left half the population unable to register with a NHS dentist.

"It is vital that the new contract delivers a service that concentrates on prevention and ends the fill and drill culture of the old contract."

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