Access to dental care in Leeds is set to be improved following a multi-million-pound cash injection by the NHS .
The investment will help create an extra 19,000 places with NHS dentists in the city this year, according to NHS Leeds bosses.
The move is the latest stage of the PCT’s three-year, £2.3 million investment to make an extra 33,000 dental places available in total, which bosses hope will be enough to ensure everyone who wants to see an NHS dentist in Leeds is able to.
Steve Laville, head of dental contracts for NHS Leeds, said: "We want to dispel the myth that there aren't enough dental places in the city."
"We are committed to securing high-quality NHS dental care for people in Leeds and want to make sure that those people who want access to a NHS dentist are able to do so."
Laville said the multi-million pound investment had secured an extra 14,000 places in 2008 and 19,000 so far this year, and added that another £268,000 is also being spent by the PCT on ensuring premises are accessible for the city’s disabled patients.
NHS Leeds runs the Leeds Dental Advice Line, which helps patients in their search for an NHS dentist . Since it began in 2006, the helpline has found places for more than 85,000 people.
