Local NHS Dental Services At ‘Tipping Point’ Says Dental Expert

Local NHS Dental Services At 'Tipping Point' Says Dental Expert
August 9, 2022

NHS dentistry in Yorkshire is at a tipping point say experts with new studies revealing that 98% of NHS dental practices locally are unable to offer appointments to new adult patients.

Extensive research reached out to every single UK dental practice. It showed that Yorkshire and Humber is among the worst in the country when it comes to getting an NHS appointment.

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Dentists Call For Urgent Reforms As Charities Step In To Fill The Access Gap

Dentists Call For Urgent Reforms As Charities Step In To Fill The Access Gap
April 29, 2022

According to a BBC investigation, teachers have asked charities to take on the responsibility of providing dental care for schoolchildren in response to a BBC investigation that found teachers have asked for the government to speed up the reform of NHS dentistry. 

Due to the lack of NHS care, teachers at Trinity Academy Grammar in Calderdale turned to their local authority, which arranged for the charity Dentaid to assess and treat their pupils.

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CCG Celebrates ‘Good’ Rating At Annual General Meeting

CCG Celebrates ‘Good’ Rating At Annual General Meeting
September 20, 2018

In this, the 70th year of our NHS, NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) held its fifth annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 18 September 2018. There was a fantastic turnout with around 70 people attending from members of the public, staff, councillors, voluntary and community services and provider services.

Jane Hawkard, Chief Officer, presented a number of the CCG’s achievements during 2017-18 which have all contributed to the CCG receiving an improved overall rating from NHS England as ‘Good’.

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More Funding For Local Dental Services – But Who is The Real Winner?

More Funding For Local Dental Services - But Who is The Real Winner?
May 9, 2018

News that Beverley and Holderness is to benefit from almost £1m NHS England to improve the provision of dental services in the area has been welcomed by MP Graham Stuart.

Funds from NHS England could help provide care for up to 2,000 new patients over the next three years in the region, though industry experts say the Government is cashing in on dentists.

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MP Pushes NHS England To Improve Dentist Availability In Beverley & Holderness

MP Pushes NHS England To Improve Dentist Availability In Beverley & Holderness
July 24, 2017

Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has pressed NHS England to improve the provision of NHS dentistry across the local area.

Of the practices listed by NHS England as providing access for patients in Beverley, none are currently accepting new NHS patients, and the situation is little better in the rest of the constituency. Residents have been told that they will need to travel as far as Cottingham or Hull in the hope of obtaining dentistry through the NHS.

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Good Practice Award For Beverley’s Perfect 32

August 24, 2011

PERFECT 32 in Beverley is delighted to announce its success in gaining a Good Practice Award from the British Dental Association, the profession’s national organisation. Gary Rowland, principal dentist at the NHS and private dental practice in Ladygate, said the award recognised his team’s commitment to providing consistently excellent dental care and to exceeding strict infection control guidelines. Perfect 32’s preventive approach and comprehensive range of dental, cosmetic and restorative…

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Visiting Your Dentist Could Save Your Life

November 9, 2010

Perfect 32 is helping to raise awareness of Mouth Cancer Action Month in East Yorkshire by offering FREE MOUTH CANCER SCREENING on Monday, November 29 running from 8am – 7pm using an advanced oral cancer screening system called The Velscope. The practice will also be giving away specially designed information packs highlighting the warning signs and prevention of mouth cancer. In the UK mouth cancer is diagnosed in more than…

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Perfect 32

February 9, 2010

Our patients enjoy a different kind of dental experience. Not only do we provide the very best in dental care, pursue clinical excellence and offer affordable cosmetic treatments, but we care about patients’ long-term dental wellbeing. Our aim is to look after your teeth as gently as possible and unless absolutely necessary avoid drilling and filling. We use techniques that are less destructive to teeth including composite, which corrects imperfections…

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