DENTISTS have warned there could be a “wholescale exodus” of the profession from the NHS if ministers fail to make a “serious long-term commitment” to the sector.
Robert Donald, chair of the British Dental Association’s Scottish council, spoke after new figures showed an 8% fall in the number of NHS practitioners since the Covid pandemic.
Data covering the first eight months of 2022-23 reveals Scotland had 3155 dentists carrying out work on the NHS, compared to 3407 in 2019-20.
