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Can you get free dental treatment...
cheghead
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...if you are claiming contribution based ESA (JSA)?
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I don't think you can.0
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You can possibly do so, by sending a HC1 form off to claim financial hardship.0
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Yes you can visit a NHS dental hospital for treatment.
You must sit and wait for your turn, you then get the treatment that you require there and then, no appointments and no booking.
I have heard that there are people training there too, so I'd be a bit nervous, but faced with no treatment I'm sure it's a good option.
I know someone that has been to the one in Birmingham, and it was just fine. I don't expect that they offer all of the treatments, but the basics yes.0 -
I don't think dental treatment is free for anybody. Dental check ups are free for some people but not the treatment, I think it is greatly reduced for people on certain benefits."Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." Dalai Lama0
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NHS hospital dental service is usually only free if you are either an inpatient and have to have dental treatment , or have been referred to the hospital dental service as an outpatient, even then you may after to pay for some treatments.0
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General rule of thumb is free for people who are on income related (means tested benefits), however there are exceptions such as a low income - link explains more.
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1786.aspx?CategoryID=74&SubCategoryID=7420 -
The Hospital at Birmingham is open from 7am and you just have to turn up and wait your turn, there isn't anywhere to even make payment.0
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If you are entitled to free dental services from an NHS dentist, you will usually receive a credit-card sized plastic card from the DWP which you should show to claim the free service."There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock0
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I don't think dental treatment is free for anybody. Dental check ups are free for some people but not the treatment, I think it is greatly reduced for people on certain benefits.
I'm on income support and get free treatment but have to pay for the Hygienist when it's only a 'wash and brush up'Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
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