Residents in the Bridgwater and Burnham-On-Sea area will be able to benefit from a new affordable dentist scheduled to open at the end of this summer.
The practice will be opening in Wembdon Road, Bridgwater by the autumn and will soon be welcoming new patients from across the area – including Burnham and Highbridge.
Further details will be announced later this summer.
Local Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Claire Sully says the news will be welcomed by people in the area who have struggled to access dental care.
“I’m delighted there will be a new dentist surgery in Bridgwater. It will come as a relief to many who have found access to dentist treatment near impossible under this government,” she says.
She adds that the Lib Dems plan to cut VAT on children’s toothpaste and toothbrushes, and guarantee access to emergency dental treatment.
The Conservatives claim their dental plan has already resulted in 500 additional practices opening their doors to NHS patients across the UK, and created an extra 2.5 million NHS appointments this year.
Labour is promising an extra 100,000 urgent appointments for children in England, funded through a clampdown on tax avoidance and UK residents with homes outside the UK.
Reform says it will train thousands more dentists and incentivise them to get through the backlog.
The candidates standing to become MP in the Bridgwater and Burnham constituency:
- Independent: Pelé Barnes
- Reform UK: William Fagg
- Conservatives: Ashley Fox
- Green Party: Charlie Graham
- Labour Party: Leigh Redman
- Liberal Democrats: Claire Sully
- Workers Party: Gregory Tanner
