Some people in Merseyside have been waiting "over two years" to have vital dental treatment as the country faces a shortage of dentists taking on NHS patients
Those in need of vital dental work and surgery have found themselves waiting months and even years in huge waiting lists for NHS dentists in Merseyside. Their frustrations have been caused by a local and national dentistry shortage, with zero dentists in Liverpool and Merseyside taking on new NHS patients.
After one ECHO reporter "spent hours" trying to find an available NHS dentist in Merseyside, calling 49 separate NHS dentists in the area (none of which could offer an appointment), readers came forward with their own experiences with the issue.
