More than a third of Brits claim they can no longer afford routine dental check-ups, new research has revealed.
A study by insurer Engage Mutual found that an alarming 60 per cent of Brit admit to no longer being able to afford family healthcare needs including dentist and optician trips .
Of those polled, 43 per cent said they are unable to pay for new glasses and 16 per cent cannot even afford to pay for an eye check-up .
Karl Elliott, spokesperson for Engage Mutual said: "With the cost of living on the rise, our research shows a shocking number of people struggling to pay for some quite basic family healthcare necessities."
"Engage is committed to providing a range of simple and straightforward financial products to meet the needs of the modern British family," he added.
According to the study, people from Lancashire and the north-east suffer the most when it comes to health costs, with 40 per cent of the regions’ population unable to pay for regular dental check ups and 48 per cent unable to afford new spectacles.
