1. We take your views to Parliament

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    Last week, we travelled to London to join forces with more than 100 fellow local Healthwatch organisations at our annual parliamentary reception.

  2. New Emergency Dental Care now available

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    New Urgent Dental Care Centres are being opened to provide emergency dental treatment during the Coronavirus pandemic.

  3. Do you use translation or interpreter services when you go to an NHS appointment?

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    The NHS wants to hear about your experience of using translation or interpreter services when you visit the dentist, pharmacy or optician.

  4. Twin crisis of access and affordability calls for radical rethink of NHS dentistry

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    Healthwatch England warns dental crisis shows no signs of slowing, with four in five people, 80%, struggling to access timely care during the last lockdown.

  5. Are you struggling to get an NHS dentist?

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    You are not alone! More people than ever before have been in touch this month to share their story about finding an NHS dentist and ask for information.

  6. NHS dentistry: We're calling for the Government to invest

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    We have co-signed an open letter addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak calling for a recovery plan for NHS dentistry.

  7. We're helping people every day

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    Every month, we give support, information and signposting to nearly 2,000 people.

    Every day, we help individual people. This month we helped someone who needed a dental check up before they could start medical treatment.

  8. £6.8million to help tackle the lack of dentist appointments

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    The NHS has today announced emergency funding to help create hundreds of new dentist appointments.

  9. What difference have we made this month?

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    A highlight this month has been helping a young pregnant woman, who was homeless, to get the dental care that she needed.

  10. Lack of NHS dental appointments widens health inequalities

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    A new survey of public attitudes to NHS dentistry shows half of adults in the South East find dental charges unfair amid escalating costs of living. 45% of people in the South East told us they struggle to get an NHS dental appointment.

  11. NHS acts on your feedback to improve dental care

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    Hundreds of you have been in touch to tell us your story about NHS dentists. We've been raising your concerns and now the NHS are making changes.

  12. Primary care work

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    In May, Healthwatch England shared their initial response to the Government's Primary Care recovery plan and what it would mean for you and your loved ones.

  13. Our impact in dentistry

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    In June we released out Annual report, which you can download at the bottom of this page. It shows the various ways Healthwatch continues its efforts to ensure the public experience is heard.