NHS Dentists - RIP?

Doonhamer

One local dentist charges for any work but does not have an insurance plan. Most of the other dentists I have seen charge £12 per month and you get 2 checkups a year for "free". This seems to be the norm. Phone your local health authority and ask them if anyone is registering NHS patients. My one is building it's own dental units manned by Poles. I feel sorry for the people of Poland who will soon have no dentists.

I wish someone would do a "Specsavers" on dentistry. I'm sure there is an opportunity, and we could all watch the greedy dentists go out of business or crawl back to the NHS.

Toothsmith

Doonhamer wrote:

I wish someone would do a "Specsavers" on dentistry. I'm sure there is an opportunity, and we could all watch the greedy dentists go out of business or crawl back to the NHS.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Specsavers actually tried to do a 'Specsavers' on dentistry about 6 years ago.

They found the NHS 'Completely unworkable'.

Boots have also been and gone from the dental market. They tried for the private side, and their prices were close if not higher than many independent dentist's private prices. They couldn't make it work either.

Dentistry is a bespoke service. Therefore it is expensive. Unlike frames, no two filings, or crowns, or dentures are alike, they have to be made to measure!

The amount of regulation in terms of safety and waste disposal as well as employment laws have all contributed to a huge rise in costs over the past 10 years. NHS fees just haven't kept pace, hence the scarcity today.

Yorkielass

After a really bad night with tooth ache called the emergency dentist thing at the walk in centre in town this morning and got an appointment straight away, must of been the first call of the morning!

Needed to have a wisdom tooth taken out and she did it there and then.

Am having the day off as not feeling well but hopefully it'll be all better tomorrow.

Glad I got it sorted,