#Politics
Target:
Cornwall Isles of Scilly PCT
Region:
United Kingdom
Website:
www.sheryllmurray.com

Sheryll Murray and her Conservative team in South East Cornwall have launched this petition in response to a letter to patients in which Saltash Dental Surgery said it could no longer carry on with its NHS dental contract and it was to become private in November.

As the sixth largest town in Cornwall, Sheryll believes it is essential that the Primary Care Trust offer full facilities to the people of Saltash, so there is proper continuity of services between now and the planned opening of a new practice offering NHS work from next spring.

Dr Anthony Coelho has said the PCT had refused to continue funding at the practice for NHS treatment for children and adults who are exempt from dental charges.

In a statement Sheryll Murray said, “I have already contacted the Chairman of the Strategic Health Authority in order to be briefed on various Health issues in Cornwall and Dentistry is one area that I will certainly be raising at our forthcoming meeting. We have recently seen an increase in the provision of NHS Dental Services in towns like Liskeard and Torpoint and I was hopeful that the worst was over for the people of South East Cornwall regarding Dental Services. Whilst people are able to access emergency treatment at various NHS Treatment Centres many want to register with an NHS dentist to experience continuity of care. The people of Saltash deserve a better than this."

We the undersigned petition the Cornwall Isles of Scilly PCT to provide full NHS Dentistry facilities in Saltash until the planned opening of a new practice offering NHS work actually happens.

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The Save Saltash Dentistry petition to Cornwall Isles of Scilly PCT was written by Bob Davidson and is in the category Politics at GoPetition.