NHS forces dentist to repay £150,000 ‘because his patients are too healthy’

The government has admitted that NHS dentristry funding formulas need to change (Picture: Getty)

A dentist says his surgery is being forced to pay £150,000 back to the health service effectively because his patients ‘are being looked after better’.

Rob Mew, who owns Fairfield House Dental Surgery in Exmouth, Devon, says his practice has around 19,000 NHS patients – and is one of the few left in the county still taking any.

The NHS dentistry payment contract requires practices...