Dentists

[shifty_uk]

Successive governments (Labour, New Labour as well as Tory) have done away with NHS dentistry to the point that most people are now priced out of dental care.

No different to any other country with a universal healthcare system, dental care is sometimes subsidised but mostly private(even in Denmark etc).

But it keeps the narrative that the ‘country is going down the tubes’ alive so fair play.

 

[Mart2912]

I had a check up on Monday, cost me £0 and now I have a dreaded £12ish bill to pay in 2 weeks for a scale and polish...

 

[RedMogg]

I had a check up on Monday, cost me £0 and now I have a dreaded £12ish bill to pay in 2 weeks for a scale and polish...

Please share your GoFundMe link so we can ease some of the burden...

...you smug git

 

[Uther]

Please share your GoFundMe link so we can ease some of the burden...

...you smug git

We're paying for it anyway, and their prescriptions...

 

[RedMogg]

We're paying for it anyway, and their prescriptions...

You are...

.../laughs in Universal Credit.

 

[Mr Badger]

You are...

.../laughs in Universal Credit.

These days to get them raging you really need a brand new Mercedes-Benz Motability car.

 

[Uther]

These days to get them raging you really need a brand new Mercedes-Benz Motability car.

He's too late, they were removed from the scheme. He'd have to settle for a more expensive Chinese EV

 

[RedMogg]

These days to get them raging you really need a brand new Mercedes-Benz Motability car.

(/panic-hides previous Motors posts)

 

[Nasher]

These days to get them raging you really need a brand new Mercedes-Benz Motability car.

Yea they are removing all luxury cars from it lol.

Citroen Berlingos from now on.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

i had to stop eating apples, i used to have two or three every morning on the way to work.

the dentist told me it had eaten away my enamel and if i insisted on eating so much fruit, i should also eat cheese with it as it neutralises the acidity.

i still eat a lot of fruit though

No way. I often eat four apples a day...my teeth are in good shape though

 

[Chrisc]

No way. I often eat four apples a day...my teeth are in good shape though

yup, apparently they're really bad

 

[Nabinium]

Were you eating them close to brushing your teeth? I know that wouldn't help matters either.

 

[tom_e]

Just to update with a happy ending, the dentist 30 seconds walk from this one put a post up on FB yesterday evening saying they were accepting new NHS patients so I'm booked in for my next check up with them in a couple of months for the princely sum of £27. Lovely jubbly.

 

[mrk]

Just to update with a happy ending

Eep!

 

[DJMK4]

You should have spoken with a Dentist advisor

 

[tom_e]

Good joke, you got me there...

 

[Vestas]

Anyone around Loughborough, JDRM on Leicester Rd is taking on NHS patients. Been there a few times, basic service but they don't run all their appointments late like most places, longest I've had to wait was 7 minutes. Easy (free) parking across the road.

 

[dave28]

Just lost my NHS dentist. They sent me a letter saying they were turning fully private membership only and wanted £250 a year just for 2 check-ups and 2 hygienist meetings.

 

[Uther]

Just lost my NHS dentist. They sent me a letter saying they were turning fully private membership only and wanted £250 a year just for 2 check-ups and 2 hygienist meetings.

That's pretty cheap tbh. The hygienist at my dentists is around £85 now for an appointment.

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

We do quite well at our Dentist.

£25.80 Check‑up, X‑rays, diagnosis, scale & polish
£70.70 All Band 1 items plus fillings, root canals, extractions
£306.80 Crowns, dentures, bridges, lab‑made appliances