Patients of Callander dental practice told surgery is stopping NHS treatment to go private

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Patients at a Callander dental practice have been told that they will no longer be offered “NHS regulated services” as bosses say the pressures being put on dentists are “not sustainable”.The Infinity Blu Dental Care and Implant Clinic, in Main Street, wrote to patients informing them of the plans to move to a private service from February next year.In their letter to patients, the practice said that delivering NHS treatment was “becoming increasingly difficult” under the service’s regulations.But patients now face having to travel to Crieff or Auchterarder to find another NHS dentist, with one local councillor calling the development “devastating for the whole of Trossachs and Teith”.In a statement to the Observer this week, a spokesperson for Infinity Blu Dental Care and Implant Clinic – which has practices across Scotland, including in Killin – said: “This has been a very difficult decision for the practice and not one they would have chosen, had circumstances been different.“The future of NHS dentistry in Scotland has been raised with the Scottish Government since 2020 by our professional bodies the BDA, Scottish Dental Association as well as individual practitioners.

Unfortunately, there has been no resolution.“Due to continuing pressures of the NHS, our dentists at our Callander practice have collectively made the very difficult decision to cease seeing their adult patients after the three months’ notice period.“It was simply not sustainable for them to continue under the terms and conditions of the NHS.

Infinity Blu and Chris Barrowman (principal dentist) have stood by that decision.“We’re delighted by the support we have received from our patients wishing to register as private patients and those who chose to