Mobile dentist secured for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

At least one dental van will offer NHS services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Mobile dentists will look to improve access to NHS appointments after funding was given to a county.

At least one dental van will offer NHS services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, according to healthcare bosses.

Mobile vans are part of a dental recovery plan across England that includes incentive payments for dentists.

To improve appointment access, £6.1m has been secured for the area.

In February, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) unveiled plans and £200m of funding to improve services across England.

The region's Integrated Care Board (ICB) confirmed that £6.1m had been secured for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire, and at least one dental van.

Peterborough was identified by the board as having the "highest level of health inequalities" in the region.

As such, the city would receive a larger proportion of the funding.

Peterborough councillors said they would question the ICB's plans to improve the availability of NHS dentist appointments next week.