{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/67b8bcc986a56284d07bd63c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"52,000 extra urgent dental appointments for London ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1740159830212-5a6d1b49-46c9-432b-ab59-4ed3c13b45f2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Thousands of patients across London <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/nhs-dentist-appointments-tooth-decay-wes-streeting-b1212398.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">will now have access to urgent dental appointments </a>as <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/nhs-government-stephen-kinnock-action-england-b1212417.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Government begins efforts to rebuild NHS dentistry</a>.</p><p>However, leaders in the profession insist ministers should have “fired the starting gun” last summer.</p><p>To learn more, we’re joined by Len D’Cruz from the British Dental Association, a practice owner and dentist in Woodford Green, East London. He explains the harrowing situations he has witnessed, including cases of DIY dentistry.</p><p>In part two, <em>The London Standard</em>’s food and drink writer, Josh Barrie, <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/attractions/forty-hall-vineyard-london-enfield-b1207927.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">visits Forty Hall Vineyard</a>, a hidden gem just a few miles from the heart of the capital.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}