Queues expected in Bristol as NHS dentistry is 'at death’s door'

Queues expected in Bristol as NHS dentistry is 'at death’s door'

Lodge Causeway Dental Practice is set to open its doors to new NHS patients today (Saturday) as Bristol battles an ongoing crisis in access to dental care. Another practice - St Pauls Dental - had hundreds of people queueing outside it in February this year when it announced it would be taking on new patients, and similar scenes are expected outside Lodge Causeway.

When St Pauls initially reopened to the public in February 2024, the situation was even worse as thousands of people gathered outside the clinic. Many of them were elderly or disabled, and queues were seen for several days.

During a visit to Bristol in February this year, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the scenes witnessed in St Pauls had provided th