Dentists return £900m after failing to see NHS patients

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Fake adverts for weight loss drugs by a company pretending to be health and beauty retailer Boots have been removed from TikTok after the firm complained. The adverts for prescription-only weight loss drugs appeared to show smiling healthcare professionals from the British retailer – but in reality they were made with AI. It is illegal…

Official data shows that more complex care, in particular, has become much harder to access on the NHS. Over the last ten years, the number of routine NHS examinations has fallen by 6% in England while the number of root canals, where an infection is removed from deep inside the tooth, has dropped by 49%.