What the hell is going on in this country regarding dentistry?

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https://www.itv.com/news/2023-07-13/people-forced-to-pull-out-their-own-teeth-amid-nhs-dental-crisis

I've just received a letter this morning announcing that my local NHS dentist is going private from the 1st of october!, I've rang them up and the best they can offer is monthly plan where you get 10% off private treatment!, what the hell are people supposed to do, there are zero NHS places in the entirety of Cornwall.

How far does this country have to fall before people wake up seriously, people that voted conservatives, hang your heads in shame, you've genuinely contributed to the down fall of this country, I'm sorry to be so blunt but this is soo incredibly frustrating, It's practically impossible to see a doctor face to face now in my area, now I've lost me NHS dentist.

 

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I've given up on my dentist. Three weeks wait or pay £70 for a private checkup which includes an x-ray. I pay for NHS treatment anyway so paying private isn't that much more.

It's incredibly more expensive if substantial work is required like a root canal for example.

 

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That's not quite right. Hospitals in the USA are required by law to treat patients who come to the ER with an emergency whether they can pay or not. You'll get stitched up and sent on your way, for sure, but you won't (usually) just be left to die.

True, but the problem in America for the poor and even lower middle class many there is no preventive treatment until it becomes an emergency so much higher death rate due to this and poor general health, even people on health care plans in America quite often don't pick up their prescriptions as they are not covered in the plan, this is all outlined in the CDC report.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/27/799019013/when-insurance-wont-cover-drugs-americans-make-tough-choices-about-their-health

"Half of the people who are lower or middle class are not getting them," he says, "because they can't afford to go out and pay for it themselves.

Among those earning less than $35,000 a year, 51% did not fill prescriptions. For those earning between $35,000 and $99,999, the poll found that 48% did not fill prescriptions.

Bottom line, Blendon says, "it's just not fair." The idea that to save money everyone has to make "tough choices" is just not true, he says. "The tough choices really don't affect the most wealthy people in the United States; they just affect people who are lower and middle income."

 

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I suspect you and your ilk are in for a real shock if you think labour will 'solve' anything in this regards, even if they are given the 15 odd years the tories have been in power (either alone or in a coalition).

"Your ilk"?

Very good.

And if you look at my history on here I'm not voting Labour, although to be fair I certainly don't think they would have decimated the NHS looking at their funding trends for NHS pre Conservative government.