Health watchdog finds Kent patients waiting up to 2 years for NHS appointment

KentOnline / KMTV 2021-11-19

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Hundreds of patients were being asked to pay up to sixty times more for private treatment in order to jump the queue. Dr Alfred Kolozsvari from High Street Medical Dental says it's down to a shortage of dentists.

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