Access to Dental Services for disabled people in Bury
The concerns around access to dental centres were first brought to the attention of Healthwatch Bury by Bury Coalition for Independent Living service users.
The concerns were around the access to dental practices and the attitude of some dentists towards disabled people.
When we asked people to share their experiences about dentistry in Bury, through social media, more comments were made that gave us a reason to look into this issue further.
Healthwatch’s role is to gather people’s experiences and make them known to the service providers and commissioners of the services. Therefore, it is our duty to collate further evidence and notify relevant people when the organisation becomes aware of a potential concern. We used a variety of methods to collect information from the community regarding access to dental services for disabled people living in Bury.
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Access to Dental Services for disabled people in Bury
