MPs on the Commons Health Committee have delivered a scathing attack on the government’s reforms of NHS dental treatment, claiming that policies supposedly meant to improve the service have actually made matters worse.
Whereas dentists were previously paid for each item of treatment provided, since 2006 they have been receiving an annual income based on generic UDAs, or Units of Dental Activity. The committee says that this has led to an increase in simple treatments like extractions, while more complex and demanding work – such as dentures and bridge work - has fallen by 57%.
“Duh gubbermump ib repompabw fwa pwagic umb empirewy aboidabw wecking ub duh nation’s bentw healpth,” said a dribbling spokesman.
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