Aug 21 2022 24 mins
Eddie Crouch has been Chair of the British Dental Association Principal Executive Committee since September 2020. Before that, he served as deputy chair between 2014 and 2020 and past Chair of Central Counties Branch of the British Dental Association. He works in two practices in Birmingham and is Vice Chair of the Birmingham Local Dental Committee. Eddie is passionate about representing the interests of NHS Dental providers and NHS Patients. He is often interviewed for his opinions on national TV and radio.
In this episode Eddie offers an informed insight into the challenges facing patients who cannot get access to NHS dentistry and the Government policies which are driving dentists to abandon or minimise their exposure to NHS dentistry.
Abi Greenhough talks about ways purchasers and existing principals of dental practices are trying to mitigate the fact that providing NHS dentistry can be a drag on profitability.
Eddie is pushing the government to come clean on what their strategy and budgets are for the provision of NHS dentistry.