Dental surveys are flooding in

10.43.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 9th Apr 2008

The amount of surveys which have flooded in to the office suggest this is an issue about which local people care deeply

John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington, has been overwhelmed by the response to the dental survey he sent out to households across South Manchester.

John Leech MP said:

'I have received hundreds of completed dental surveys, proving that this is an issue about which local people care deeply.

'The decision to run a dental survey was largely due to the amount of constituents who come to me asking for help in finding an NHS dentist. It appears local people are finding it more difficult to access NHS dentistry, or are struggling to afford dental treatment.

'I am looking forward to collating the results.'

If you would like to share your experiences and views of dental treatment, you can take the dental survey online by clicking on the 'surveys' tab on the left hand menu and selecting 'dental survey'.