Verum writes

Yet another recent news item highlights the postcode lottery surrounding NHS dentistry. A report carried out for the national charity Citizens Advice suggests that one in six people is unable to access NHS dentistry. While dentists will say the new NHS contract does not allow them to give the care they want to, I suspect the underlying reason for leaving the NHS is an inadequate level of fees.

Already the government has responded to the problem by announcing an 11 per cent increase in funding for NHS dentistry in England from 2008 and the report urges primary care trusts to spend newly allocated resources to improve access. So is the lesson, play hardball and you will get the desired result?