内容摘要：There was a running joke in his family that "dad looked nothing like his parents", the teacher from southern England says.

There was a running joke in his family that "dad looked nothing like his parents", the teacher from southern England says.

Justin Rees, 52, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, thought the new portal idea could be positive."It's good because one, there are no appointments at the moment.

"Two, it'll remind people that they need to have their teeth checked because you're busy all day and there's things that you let go," he said.In relation to how people currently access services, the consultation document says "contrary to popular belief" patients are not actually registered with a practice once their treatment ends, adding "for those who clinically require regular access, or an urgent need arises, nothing really changes".On check-ups, it says there is "false narrative" that six-monthly check-ups are necessary for everyone and that by giving people with healthy teeth a check-up less often, it will open up access for others.

NICE guidelines say intervals between check-ups "should be determined specifically for each patient" and the longest interval for adults should be 18-24 months.But Dr Lauren Harrhy from the BDA said she was concerned that people may end up waiting much longer, with "most people" benefiting from regular checks.

Dr Harrhy, who runs a practice in Pontypool, Torfaen, said: "If we are always having patients into the practice who need lots of work done and they are not able to be put back into the central database, there is a saturation point and at which point, access into dental practices will cease.

"Our main concerns are we will have an overall reduction in the continuity of care... and we may find that dentists leave NHS dentistry which has been a trend over recent years anyway.""They did want me to do it again, but I just couldn't go through with it at the time."

It wasn't until nine years later, when Kiera was an adult, that she felt strong enough to provide her evidence again.In October 2024, her perpetrators were jailed for almost 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting seven children, including her.

"It can really affect someone's mental state. It's also not protecting other people because these people then don't get convicted of crimes."A Lancashire Police spokesperson apologised for the lost interview disc in her case, and said, since 2015, it had introduced new processes to prevent similar issues happening again.