A long-serving Conservative MP said NHS dentistry was at risk of “collapse”, during a debate at Westminster Hall. South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon was opening a discussion on dental services in the East of England. No dental practices in Suffolk, Norfolk, North Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire were accepting new adult NHS patients last year, according to BBC

At a glance People in Barrow who cannot get a dentist appointment are resorting to self-medication Barrow MP Simon Fell says some children have never seen a dentist Some dentists avoid deprived areas where treatment is more complex and expensive to deliver A “dire” lack of dentists has led to people “self-medicating every night”, an