A health watchdog said elderly people in Sefton are losing weight because they can’t eat after struggling to find anywhere to get their dentures fixed.
Healthwatch said it is also receiving calls for people needing urgent dental treatment but has “nowhere to signpost people” due to a severe shortage of dentists in the borough.
According to an update report from Healthwatch presented to a meeting of Sefton Council’s adult social care and health overview and scrutiny committee last week, the lack of dentists in the borough “continues to be of grave concern.”
