an nhs dentist 4 all hwlincs - England, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team

Description

Improving Dental Services across Lincolnshire' is a campaign started by Healthwatch Lincolnshire in response to the number of poor experiences shared with us by residents of Lincolnshire of Dental Service.

Since as far back as 2015, due to the number of poor experiences shared by residents, Healthwatch Lincolnshire has been raising concerns about the decline in access to NHS Dentists in our county. During this time, Healthwatch have consistently worked closely to raise our concerns with NHS England Midlands Dental Commissioning Team, Media, Healthwatch England, as well as with local and regional dental networks.

Whilst we all recognise many of the problems with dental services in Lincolnshire, such as commissioning, workforce and our counties geography. What Healthwatch does see is little or no improvements being actioned. For example, in our county we have seen increasing numbers of dental practices making the decision to 'hand-back' NHS contracts and move to being fully private.

Healthwatch Lincolnshire's 'An NHS Dentist 4 all – Improving Dental Services across Lincolnshire' campaign will run from 1 October 2022 until 31 March 2023. During this time, they will be raising your concerns both locally and nationally so we need all the help we can get to bring to the attention of as many people as possible, the need for more NHS Dentists in Lincolnshire.

• Downloadable content to share with the public throughout the campaign
• Encourage local people to have their say through Healthwatch Lincolnshire
• Stay up to date with dental improvements across the county
• Read the experiences of patient's carers and service users
• Share this with colleagues, partners, constituents, and other interested parties

Pledge your support, sign up, share your experiences as well as how you would like to see dental services in Lincolnshire improved.

Looking for information and advice about oral health and dentistry?

Are you having trouble finding an NHS funded dentist? Read our tips on what to do if you're facing problems.

Use our campaign resources and downloadable's to support our campaign 'An NHS Dentist 4 all – Improving Dental Services across Lincolnshire.

Equally, if you would like to share your experience, good or bad, of Health and Care Services contact us today.