The charity’s events would mirror those in the US that treat society’s poorestOver the past 30 years Stan Brock has set up hundreds of massive temporary clinics across America, bringing dentists and eye doctors to the country’s poorest people. Now this former cowboy hopes to bring his army of volunteer medics to a new region he believes is in urgent need: Britain. Mr Brock contacted The Times after an investigation found that millions of Britons had no local dentist willing to take on new NHS patients. There are 24 local authorities in which every dentist is taking on only private patients, with stories of people resorting to pulling their own teeth out, drugged up on alcohol and over-the-counter painkillers. Stan Brock says Britain urgently needs his charity EYEVINEMr Brock is proposing a remedy: he wants to take over a number of large buildings — in London…

Source: The Times December 23, 2017 00:03 UTC