More than 30 million NHS dental appointments were lost during CCP virus lockdowns in England, chairs of a health care watchdog and a dentists’ union said. In a letter (pdf) to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Sir Robert Francis QC, chair of Healthwatch England, and Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association (BDA), said the “unprecedented backlog” was caused by the “initial suspension of face-to-face care, and ongoing restrictions” during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. The letter said dentistry has risen to be the number one issue raised with Healthwatch over the last 18 months, with the volume of feedback continuing to grow. “From April to June 2021, feedback was up 55 [percent] on the previous three months, and 794 [percent] higher when compared with the same period in 2020,” it reads. It added that 79 percent of patients who raised dentistry issues said they had found it difficult to …