Private dentistry limits mooted

Dentists should be limited in the amount of private work they take on, a think tank has said. The New Local Government Network (NLGN), which promotes modernisation of public services, said, ahead of a Government review of NHS dentistry, that voluntary contracts between dentists and the NHS "must come to an end." Chris Leslie, director at NLGN, said: "There is clearly a problem with a lack of basic NHS capacity, despite valiant attempts by the Government at a national level injecting an additional 8.5% of resources this year following the extra 11% increase granted in 2008/9. 'When the t...