Summary
In February 2024, the NHS dental crisis hit the headlines as hundreds of people queued outside a dental practice in Bristol to register as NHS patients. It was the latest sign of the severity of the national shortage of NHS dentists.
The Nuffield Trust have declared that NHS dentistry faces its 'most perilous point' in 75-year history and the government have responded pledging to improve access and funding for dentistry.
At the centre of this crisis are the dentists who serve our communities.
A Dentist's Life follows one Cornwall based dentist, Dr Jenna Murgatroyd, as she treats patients needing vital care, manages a practice facing financial risk and trains the next generation of dentists.
As a second generation dentist, Dr Murgatroyd also reflects on the past and the future of the profession and asks what it means to be a NHS community dentist today.
Produced by Mugabi Turya
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.0 | BBC Sounds, BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm Vanessa Kasulae. This podcast finds the world's best |
| 0:47.0 | audio documentaries and puts them all in one place. My name is Dr. Jenna Mergatroyd. I am a dentist in St Agnes in Cornwall. I qualified as a dentist |
| 1:01.2 | over 15 years ago and dentistry today is a huge challenge. |
| 1:10.0 | I don't think I'm alone as a dentist feeling that morale is at its worst point in a lot of years. |
| 1:20.0 | Just any thoughts of thoughts of positivity about staying as an NHS practice are dwindling. |
| 1:30.0 | Also tonight cues around the block in Bristol what they are all after is an NHS dentist. |
| 1:37.0 | More than half of adults have not been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years. |
| 1:42.0 | Health experts are warning that the traditional model in the past two years. |
| 1:42.6 | Health experts are warning that the traditional model of NHS dentistry in England has gone for good. |
| 1:48.8 | In February 2024, NHS dentistry hit the headlines, as hundreds of people queued outside a |
| 1:54.8 | dental practice in Bristol to register as NHS patients. It was the latest sign of |
| 2:00.8 | the scale of the national shortage of NHS dentists. a and provide her community with NHS dental care. My name is McGoughy Turia and this is a |
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