Dentists will be offered a £20,000 'golden hello' payment if they stay in the NHS for three years under plans to create more appointments. Leaked plans seen by LBC show that ministers will launch a full plan on Wednesday to generate one million more dentist appointments.Millions are already in so called 'dental deserts' where there are no slots available for NHS patients.Another £200 million will be dished out to encourage more to stay in the profession.
The plan says: "Dentists will be offered a ‘bonus’ to take on more NHS patients, which will create more than 1.5 million new treatments. "We’ll also be offering ‘golden hello’ cash incentives for dentists to come and work in areas that are under-served. "This will allow around 1 million new patients access to NHS dental treatment, who may previously have been unable to access the dental care they need.
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