Graham Brady

Conservative Party | Altrincham and Sale West

MP QUESTIONS TONY BLAIR OVER NHS DENTISTS

Altrincham and Sale West MP Graham Brady has raised the shortage of NHS dentists with the Prime Minister during Prime Minister’s questions today (1st March)

Mr Brady asked the Prime Minister:

’11,000 fewer people in Altrincham and Sale now have an NHS dentist than when he came to power. Can he tell me why that is?’

The Prime Minister responded by blaming changes to NHS dentistry introduced by the last Conservative Government in the 1990’s.

Later Graham Brady said:

‘I don’t think the Prime Minister convinced anyone. It is frankly absurd that he tried to blame today’s situation on policies introduced by a previous Government. He has been in power for almost 9 years now and the public is acutely aware that the number of dentists offering treatment on the NHS has plummeted during his term in office. The Government’s new contracts for dentists have made the situation worse. I am being inundated with letters from constituents who are furious that their dentist has just stopped offering NHS treatment. This is a huge problem and it is happening now, under his Government and he needs to take it seriously instead of playing politics.’