Rachael Maskell told The Press she continues to meet with members of the city’s dental community to “plan our way out of this crisis”.
It comes after the oral health of the population has “significantly been compromised” as more dentists stop treating NHS patients, the Labour MP for York Central added.
The Government has planned to make 700,000 more dental appointments available for urgent and emergency care and 100,000 more dental appointments for children nationally.
These plans also include providing supervised toothbrushing for three to five year olds to prevent infant tooth decay
But until these plans come to fruition, Ms Maskell said, the Integrated Care Board for the Humber and North Yorkshire is working to “enable dentists to have greater flexibilities in their services to meet population needs, enhance post qualification dental training and plug gaps in service provision”.
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