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    Dentists to get cash for new patients and ‘golden hellos’ under service plans

    by Ella Pickover Feb 07, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Dentists are to be offered cash to take on new patients and given £20,000 “golden hellos” to work in communities with a lack of NHS dental services under plans to boost dentistry across England.

    Around a million people who have not seen a dentist for two or more years are expected to benefit as officials offer a “new patient payment” of £15 to £50.

    One-off payments of £20,000 are to be awarded to 240 dentists for working in under-served communities for at least three years, according to the plans, which are expected to increase dental appointments across the country by 2.5 million next year.

    But leading dentists said the recovery

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