6 d. ago 'I drove 1,000 miles just to get a dentist appointment as the situation is ridiculous'

Mark Formosa took the extreme measures after failing to find an NHS appointment anywhere near his home in Newquay, Cornwall, despite being on the waiting list for years

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7 d. ago Man, 48, drives more than 1,000miles to another country to get an appointment... for a check

Mark Formosa, 48, took the extreme measure after he was unable to find an NHS appointment anywhere near his home in Newquay, Cornwall.

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7 d. ago Man travels 1,000 miles from Cornwall to Scotland and back for dentist appointment

‘In Glasgow you can walk straight into an NHS dentist to get treatment’

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7 d. ago Man drives 1,000 miles to Scotland and back for dentist appointment

Mark Formosa, 48, took the extreme measures after failing to find an NHS appointment anywhere near his home in Newquay.

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2 w. ago Dental MAYHEM: A quarter of Brits who can't get a dentist appointment resort to 'using pliers' or 'Turkey teeth', shock report finds

Health leaders urged the Government to 'pick up pace and keep its promises' on NHS dentistry, to avoid patients 'reaching for pliers or cheap flights'.

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2 w. ago Tragedy as mum died after being unable to get toothache appointment

Leigh Rodgers admitted herself to hospital after struggling to get a dentist appointment for weeks, but things took a tragic turn after a CT scan

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2 w. ago Woman dies from rare allergic reaction after being rushed to hospital with toothache

Leigh Rodgers, 34, had been suffering from toothache but was unable to get a dentist appointment before she was rushed to hospital and died from an allergic reaction

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2 w. ago Mum with toothache died after being unable to get dentist appointment

Leigh Rodgers, 34, had been suffering with a toothache for two weeks

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4 w. ago Gene Hackman was 'unable to call for help' after his wife Betsy Arakawa died a week before him because he did not own a mobile phone, close friend reveals

Post-mortem results show the Oscar winner's wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, died on February 11 at their New Mexico home from a flu-like infection caught from rat faeces.

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