NHS Dentists

Toothsmith

pbradley936 wrote:

My dentist does this as well. How long have these contracts been in place?

Since April 1st This year.

He was allowed to do it before then, and any patients he has as a result of it stay as they are. It's only since April it's been disallowed.

Gemmzie

Noozan wrote:

Is there a similar serach for Scotland? I live in Fife but still have to travel 600 miles down to Cornwall to see my dentist!

You're lucky to have a dentist. Not one in Cornwall is accepting patients. They think it is perfectly reasonable to expect us to go to the Isle of Man :mad: :mad:

Toothsmith

Gemmzie wrote:

You're lucky to have a dentist. Not one in Cornwall is accepting patients. They think it is perfectly reasonable to expect us to go to the Isle of Man :mad: :mad:

I thought the IoM had totally different healthcare arrangements. Similar to the Channel Islands. Wouldn't dentistry be private there anyway for adults?

I'm sure you just mean there are no NHS dentists accepting patients in Cornwall. Although the time will come very soon when all the private practices will be full as well. As more and more practices drop out of the NHS, the dentists that were NHS will be reducing their very high NHS workloads to something more manageable, and that will leave a lot of patients out in the cold unable to access any dentistry at all - Private or NHS.

MickKnipfler

Can you get periodental treatment on the NHS?

minap

Thanks but the website not uptodate as all the dentist in my area who are listed in it are saying no NHS patients... does anyone know how often the website is updated?

Toothsmith

MickKnipfler wrote:

Can you get periodental treatment on the NHS?

Technically yes.

In real life, not a hope in hell!

Gemmzie

Toothsmith wrote:

I thought the IoM had totally different healthcare arrangements. Similar to the Channel Islands. Wouldn't dentistry be private there anyway for adults?

I'm sure you just mean there are no NHS dentists accepting patients in Cornwall. Although the time will come very soon when all the private practices will be full as well. As more and more practices drop out of the NHS, the dentists that were NHS will be reducing their very high NHS workloads to something more manageable, and that will leave a lot of patients out in the cold unable to access any dentistry at all - Private or NHS.

Nope, not even private, unless we travel 60-sth miles to Devon. It's ridiculous. Or we pay £42.50 per month, every month and only have a yearly checkup :eek:

Noozan

Gemmzie wrote:

You're lucky to have a dentist. Not one in Cornwall is accepting patients. They think it is perfectly reasonable to expect us to go to the Isle of Man :mad: :mad:

Whereabouts in Cornwall do you live?



Falmouth Dental Health Centre* SEE NOTES BELOW
25 / 27 Kimberley Park Road, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 2DA
Tel: 01326 313344
Distance: 17.3 km (10.7 miles)
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This Dental Practice is

<LI style="LIST-STYLE-IMAGE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0em; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">Currently Accepting New Fee Paying NHS Patients <LI style="LIST-STYLE-IMAGE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0em; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">Accepting New Charge Exempt Adults for NHS treatment
• Accepting New Children aged 0-18 years for NHS treatment

• *PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING ONLY.

Dental Enquiries Number: 0800 371192




Constantine Dental Practice
Landscape View, Bowling Green, Constantine, Cornwall, TR11 5AP
Tel: 01326 340540
Distance: 14.0 km (8.7 miles)
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This Dental Practice is

<LI style="LIST-STYLE-IMAGE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0em; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">Currently Accepting New Fee Paying NHS Patients <LI style="LIST-STYLE-IMAGE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0em; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">Accepting New Charge Exempt Adults for NHS treatment
• Accepting New Children aged 0-18 years for NHS treatment

• Accepting NHS patients from Penzance, Falmouth, Helston & Mullion area only.

Dental Enquiries Number: 0800 371192
Dental Enquiries Hours of Operation: monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

Noozan

Oops, I copy and pasted the above details from a search and it's come out a bit funny; but the gist is that those two practices are accepting new patients.

Mrs_Optimist

I pay £27 per month on DENPLAN for myself and my two children. I was on DENPLAN and my dentist was seeing the 2 children on the NHU free until the new contracts came in in April and he is now forbiddent to do so because he would not sign the new contract. I am miffed about having to pay this money when I pai NI contributions and taxex, but at the end of the day I feel it is important to have regular dental treatment (especially the two children). My DS who is 5 had an abscess last week and would hvae been unable to see any NHS dentist until about a week later, would have had to pay £95 CALLOUT fee if he was priovate but under DENPLAN there was a £15 call out fee which is fefunded. He was seen, diagnosed, prescribed antibiotics last Thursday and had a floow-up appointment on Monday. As far as I am concerned I would rather pay the extra.