Tariq Drabu Speaks About 2014 Dental Survey
(PRWEB) July 14, 2014 -- Tariq Drabu is a Manchester born and educated dentist and specialist oral surgeon. Dr Drabu was one of the youngest dentists to ever graduate in the UK at twenty one. He then went on to work in busy dental hospitals in the UK and Saudi Arabia before completing his Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr Drabu is now the proud owner of the successful Langley Dental Practice and is also the Clinical Lead Dentist for the Oral Surgery Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services at NHS Heywood Middleton and Rochdale. Having always been passionate about education, Dr Drabu teaches and mentors postgraduate dentists in oral surgery at UCLAN Dental Clinic in Preston.
Tariq Drabu was speaking about an article published on 3 July 2014 on the NHS England website. The full article can be read here.
Tariq Drabu said “The survey was carried out from January to March 2014 with over one million patients asked about their dental experience. Those participating were asked to answer a medley of questions which included their ability to get an appointment with a NHS dentist and if they hadn’t booked with a NHS dentist in the past two years, they were asked their reasoning.”
Tariq Drabu in Manchester went on to say “Out of the over million asked to participate only four hundred and sixty thousand replied with over sixty percent saying they had received a NHS dental appointment in the past two years. The positive news is that eighty four percent found their experience positive with forty eight percent saying the service was very good and thirty six percent claiming their experience to be fairly good. The great news is that ninety three percent of those who tried to get an appointment were successful. The concern is that out of the thirty nine percent who didn’t get a NHS appointment, over half didn’t even try.”
Tariq Drabu closed in saying “Many patients chose private surgeries over NHS surgeries when looking for a dentist. Over twenty percent preferred using a private practice and seventeen percent claimed their dentist has changed from NHS to private. My biggest concern is that there is such a large number of patients who didn’t even try and get a NHS dental appointment, believing that they wouldn’t be able to get in and therefore didn’t try.”
About Tariq Drabu
Tariq Drabu is a leading dentist and specialist oral surgeon. This Manchester born and educated dentist was one of the youngest dentists to graduate in the United Kingdom. He has worked at some of the busiest hospitals in the UK and Saudi Arabia and completed his Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is the owner of the very successful Langley Dental Practice and is also the Clinical Lead Dentist for the Oral Surgery Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services at NHS Heywood Middleton and Rochdale. Tariq Drabu also teaches and mentors postgraduate dentists in oral surgery at the UCLAN Dental Clinic in Preston.
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