Boyack sounds alarm over access to dentists in Musselburgh

Sarah Boyack MSP has highlighted the grim findings that more than 3 in 4 Dental Practices serving patients in Musselburgh are no longer accepting NHS Patients.

Following up on concerns of Musselburgh residents, Lothian MSP Sarah Boyack contacted practices serving the Musselburgh area to inquire whether they were accepting new NHS patients.

The findings also highlighted those that were accepting new patients had waiting lists of over six months on average.

Commenting Scottish Labour MSP Sarah Boyack said: “Patients in Musselburgh are being routinely let-down by the lack of NHS Dental provision.

“With more than three quarters of NHS Dentists unable to accept new patients, the people of Musselburgh have been left with a two-tiered system that routinely fails them.

“We are now seeing the devastating effects of the SNP mismanagement of our NHS, with patients spending months suffering unnecessarily whilst they are unable to see an NHS Dentists.

“This cannot carry on, The SNP must act now before more communities like Musselburgh are left without access to NHS services.”

Data collected by the office of Sarah Boyack MSP for the 20 closest practices to Musselburgh on 5/5/23:

Practice Name	Postcode	Accepting NHS Adults	Wait time for appointment
Duncan Smith Dental Practice	EH21 6AA	No	N/A
Campbell & Gibson Dental Practice	EH21 6AG	No	Private Only
Musselburgh Dental Care	EH21 7AD	Yes	No appointments until August
Craigentinny Dental Care	EH15 3AY	No	N/A
Dental Express	EH15 2DA	No	N/A
Portobello Dental Clinic	EH15 2AT	Yes	No Appointments until November
My Dentists Portobello	EH15 2AU	No	N/A
Duddingston Park	EH15 3NY	No	N/A
Duddingston Dental Practice	EH15 1QR	No	N/A
Bosco Dental Studio	EH22 2RF	No	N/A
Midlothian Dental Practice	EH22 1JZ	No	About 6 month waiting list
Family Dental Care East Lothian	EH32 9BF	Yes	N/A
SR Dental Care	EH22 1AH	No	N/A
WF Mocharie Dental Practice	EH22 1JB	No	N/A
Craigmillar Dental Centre	EH16 4AJ	No	N/A
Bridge Dental Care	EH33 1AH	No	Wait list of 7 to 8 months
Brite Dental	EH17 7JD	No	Wait list of a year
Espie and Hill Dental Care	EH33 1HH	Yes	N/A
BUPA Dental Care Prestonfield	EH16 5BY	No	N/A
Links Road Dental Practice	EH32 0DU	No	August at earliest