it means that some have been left with prolonged dental pain. the parents of one girl who s waited three years for extractions have told the bbc the pain keeps her up at night. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. ella s teeth need attention. she needs eight ella s teeth need attention. file: needs eight extracted. ella s teeth need attention. she needs eight extracted. she - ella s teeth need attention. she needs eight extracted. she will| ella s teeth need attention. she - needs eight extracted. she will need a reneral needs eight extracted. she will need a general anaesthetic needs eight extracted. she will need a general anaesthetic and needs eight extracted. she will need a general anaesthetic and that - needs eight extracted. she will need j a general anaesthetic and that keeps her up at night. she has waited years for treatment. it is distressing for her and her parents. herface distressing for her and her parents. her face started to swell up. her whole face
it is another story of unmet need, really. we ve got this data from a freedom of information request put in by the liberal democrats to part of the nhs that gathers the starter, they shared it with us earlier this year, what it shows is that in some areas of england, the longest wait for general anaesthetic treatment for general anaesthetic treatment for children, for dental problems, is 18 months. let me win back a little bit. being that teeth extractions are the most common reason for children aged between 6-10 to reason for children aged between 6 10 to be admitted to hospital, and as we have heard like we heard the story of ella, charlie s daughter, if they ve got a couple of teeth are more that need to be extracted, children need to have that done under general anaesthetic. we hear all the time about the pressures on the nhs and this is another example of that. this data shows that some children are waiting a very long time, living with pain, is
the wider supply chain. nhs data shows children in some parts of england are waiting up to 18 months for nhs dental work if they need a general anaesthetic. the department of health says work is already underway to improve access to nhs dentistry. imean, at i mean, at the heart of this many people saying our health inequalities it s not about being judgmental, but being compassionate and understanding and recognising the struggles many parents are facing to stop and the hidden sugars, that none of us know, none of us realise the amount of sugar in wholemeal, yoghurt, notjust the fruitjuice and coca cola, it is the
the dentist to find out the cause and they said we will have to refer her because she has won a two decays at the time so the deferral took a long time and then my daughter had a worse pain in her tooth causing her a lot of issues so we had to take her to the emergency dentist a few times but she needs to be under general anaesthetic and they did not have any appointments available for minor children at that point, so at that time she got aggravated symptoms, about one in the half year wait we had to be on, and then she was eight of her teeth extracted, quite a big procedure for her age because she wasjust quite a big procedure for her age because she was just turning for and we were quite anxious as parents and obviously it was not one or two, it ended up being eights, and that was really going through a lot of stress. we have learnt a lot for our
cost as their weight equivalent. we know that children living in deprived areas are nearly four times as likely to need to go to hospital to get their teeth removed under general anaesthetic and young people living in the most affluent areas. it is notjust a health crisis it s a socially quality crisis as well. thank you very much indeed for joining us. the uk covid inquiry has moved a step closer to gaining access to borisjohnson s whatsapp messages from the first year of the pandemic. the messages from before may 2021 are stored on an old phone and the former uk prime minister said he had forgotten the passcode. technicians were concerned that the data might be wiped if they turned the phone on but got the passcode wrong. now, officials have found a record of the pin number. live now to our political correspondent helen catt. so, this moment has been a long time coming, but what is the significance of these messages. why are they so important to the inquiry? that of these mes