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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

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