NHS Dentists

[North Cardiff Blue]

I'm as angry about the state of the country and mass immigration as anyone and free dental care for asylum seekers when British people don't have it is clearly a very bad look and people will rightly be exasperated about it.

But this is unrelated. NHS dentistry has not been free for as long as Ive known it. I just wonder why that is. Why we accept it etc.

It is curious

But while NHS dentistry has never been truly free, the reality is that government budgets are finite, and when huge amounts are being diverted to cover emergency housing and support for migrants, something else has to give. That “something” often ends up being core services like the NHS. So, even if the dental fees aren’t new, the underfunding behind them is worsening, and it's tied directly to where the money is being allocated elsewhere.

It’s not about blaming individuals, it’s about holding leaders to account for letting the system get so stretched in the first place.