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Sept 2023
Local politicians have raised concern over a lack of access to NHS dentistry in Harrogate and Knaresborough.
Both Conservative MP, Andrew Jones, and Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said the issue had been raised with them multiple times.
It comes as this week, the Stray Ferret reported that another dentist on Harrogate's King’s Road will go “membership only” once its NHS contract runs out in December.
Chatsworth House Dental Clinic told patients it will now only take appointments from those as part of its membership scheme.
In a letter seen by the Stray Ferret, it said it planned to cut its patient list by 70% as part of the plan — which it said would “reduce appointment waiting times” and “improve prevention of dental disease and decay”.
Chatsworth House Dental Clinic on King's Road.
Gail Hindson, a patient who received a letter from the dentist, questioned why patients would require longer appointments.
She said:
Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said the issue was one that “kept coming up on the doorstep”.
He added people had also told the local party about their concerns at accessing an NHS dentist appointment.
Mr Gordon said:
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