Analysis reveals locations of dental deserts as continuing fallout from pandemic leaves service ‘on last legs’
Dental patients are still suffering from the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, as parts of England are left with only one NHS dentist for thousands of people.
In North Lincolnshire, there were just 54 NHS dentists – equivalent to one for every 3,199 people – at the end of March, NHS Digital figures show. This means that, assuming a patient is seen every 45 minutes, every NHS dentist in the area would have to work nine-hour days every working day of the year without holidays or lunchbreaks for each resident to receive one annual checkup on the NHS.
