Sefton Dental Care were issued a termination notice and ordered to close their NHS practice
Sefton Dental Centre is based on Stanley Road in Bootle and supports over 7,000 registered NHS patients. The practice services one of the most deprived areas in the country and includes vulnerable patients with complex needs. It has now been ordered to close.
Suken Shah is the Managing Director of Smart Dental Care and said the firm took over the Bootle practice during early 2020, just as the covid pandemic was starting to hit the country. Mr Shah also cites the fallout from Brexit as adding an extra layer of difficulty during this time in charge as practices struggled to recruit dentists from abroad to fill a labour shortfall.
Mr Shah further explained that a backlog of need had built up between 2020 and 2022 and many of the patients were presenting with high needs and deteriorating dental health. He believes the level of high need and the availability of better paid work abroad depleted the supply of clinicians on the labour market - a situation many dental practices are still struggling with today.
Furthermore, the response to the FOI also reveals NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 'clawed back' over £27m worth of Units of Dental Activity during 2022/23 and recommissioned zero new UDAs for 2023/24.
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