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February 02, 2005
NHS Dentists
The Scotsman headline on 31 January read “Scots NHS Dentistry about to ‘collapse’”, but anyone reading the story would conclude that this had already happened. The account of Scotland’s dental health is so bad that it reads more like a satire than a news report.
Why do people put up with this situation? Another vicious circle of diminishing services and expectations?
Judging by the followup story on 1 February, Labour politicians expect dentists to be altruistic. This doesn’t sound like much of a solution. Dentists fees will have to raised, we should train more dentists, and we should make it easier for foreign dentists to come and practice here.
SNP MSP Shona Robison has a good statement on this on the SNP website.
news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=115802005
news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=119262005
www.snp.org/index_hires.php?pageName=news/newsdetail.php?newsID=2797
Posted by Simon Holledge at February 2, 2005 12:20 AM
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I am a dentist from Poland.I would like to work in Scotland but to start is very difficulty.
Posted by: Marek Schubert at February 11, 2005 08:00 PM
Thank you for your comment, Marek.
Scotland really needs dentists. I wonder if you have taken the IELTS English examination?
Posted by: Simon Holledge at February 11, 2005 08:24 PM