Under the first changes to the dental contract in 16 years, healthy people will only need a check up every two years
I'm Nick Meir with news that the decades-old routine of visiting an NHS dentist for a six-month checkup is being scrapped across England and Wales for most adults as part of changes designed to address the dire lack of access to dental care for many people. Wales has announced that most adults now only need to see their dentist once a year, which the government in Cardiff says will free up NHS dentists’ time and allow them to take on more than 100,000 extra patients annually. Its announcement comes after the UK government wrote to NHS dentists last week saying that under the first changes to the dental contract in 16 years, healthy people will only need a check up every two years. For more care related stories stay with us here at Care Radio.