Dentistry in Scotland, including across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, is in chaos Jackie Baillie has warned as waits for dental surgeries soar.

Information obtained by FOI has shown that adults across the Greater Glasgow and Clyde region are waiting an average of 29 weeks for in-patient oral surgery. This represents a 61 percent increase on the figure from 2019.

The Dumbarton constituency MSP warned that the pressure on NHS dentistry across the country has put added pressure on over-stretched hospitals.

Jackie Baillie said: “We are in the grip of a dentistry crisis and the decline of NHS services is leading to soaring waits for surgery.

“Patients are being left in pain for months on end waiting for essential dental surgery because of the SNP’s disastrous incompetence. I have had constituents from across Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, Helensburgh and Lomond struggling to get registered with a dentist and even access basic care.

“This decline of NHS dentistry is piling pressure on over-stretched hospitals and leaving oral health to deteriorate.

“The SNP must end this scandal by supporting local NHS dentistry services and tackling the chaos in our hospitals.”