Patients with severe tooth pain now have better access to urgent dental appointments thanks to a trial by Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB). The bad news for residents of Stansted, Sawbridgeworth and Bishop’s Stortford is that the practices involved are in Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hitchin, and Waltham Abbey. Appointments, which are available every day of the year, are being offered to patients who contact NHS111 and are assessed as needing immediate treatment. The extra appointments are open to all patients whether or not they have a regular dentist and include addition…