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The current NHS workforce plan sees PAs and AAs as a crucial part of the staffing mix in the health service.

But the academy was critical of the "increasingly acrimonious and destructive debate" which it said had been fuelled by unsubstantiated comments on social media and was damaging teamwork across the health service.

The agency has warned of an increased risk to vulnerable people and expected impact across the whole health service.

Emily, who has been unable to see an NHS specialist, said she had lost count of the private clinicians she had seen and felt there was "zero support" from the health service.

The US Public Health Service reduced the amount of fluoride it recommended adding to water in 2015, but the federal government has encouraged states since the 1960s to add small amounts of the chemical to water to help prevent cavities and aid oral health.