Nhs Dental Service at Risk Over Targets ; Dentists Lose Funds for Missing 'Unrealistic' Treatment Levels

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FEARS were growing last night that more NHS dentists in the region could go private after failing to hit "unrealistic" targets.

Approximately half of the NHS dentists in Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle have not met their targets during the first year of the controversial contract which was brought in during April 2006.

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Nhs Dental Service at Risk Over Targets ; Dentists Lose Funds for Missing 'Unrealistic' Treatment Levels

And around a third of NHS contracts in Sunderland, Gateshead and South Tyneside and County Durham have also missed the required government levels of activity.

They all now ...

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