Preet Kaur Gill comments on public health minister's admission that there is "quite a high likelihood" that its dentistry recovery plan will not deliver 2.5 million NHS dental appointments

Commenting on the public health minister's admission that there is "quite a high likelihood" that its dentistry recovery plan will not deliver 2.5 million NHS dental appointments, Preet Kaur Gill MP, Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health, said:

"This shocking admission from the Minister that she isn’t sure the Government can deliver promised dental appointments shows the Conservatives are out of ideas and out of time.

“After 14 years of Conservative neglect, patients are desperately queuing around the block to see a dentist, literally pulling their own teeth out, and tooth decay is the number one reason young children are admitted to hospital.

“Labour has a plan to rescue NHS dentistry, and reform it for the long run. We will deliver 700,000 additional urgent appointments a year; introduce a targeted national supervised toothbrushing scheme for 3-5 year olds; and we will get straight to work on reforming the outdated NHS dental contract."