Dental work and deprivation of assets

midnight_express

The Nhs don't do implants.

pmel64

missapril75 said

"So the key issue is not whether it's a reasonable expense - it could, for example, be argued that there's an acceptable NHS treatment that would be subject to the maximum patient contribution (one doesn't have to "qualify" for NHS treatment on income grounds) - but that whether spending the money is done to get benefit or more benefit than would otherwise be due.

No means tested benefits are currently involved and spending the money is not going to lead to a benefits application.

What might lead to a benefits claim is an unplanned for change in circumstances some time in the future."

That's what I have been trying to get to the bottom of - would it be deemed as reasonable to spend this money?

Horseunderwater wrote: »

If you are with an NHS dentist then you can have the work done for a charge of £214 now. This covers dentures and all work associated with the procedure.

I am with an NHS dentist and implants are not under NHS treatment and they are £1000 to £1500 (but that is what my dentist said today - I am naïve about these things, so you may know more).


Sorry about the way this may look once it has been posted - fairly new on here.

missapril75

pmel64 wrote: »

That's what I have been trying to get to the bottom of - would it be deemed as reasonable to spend this money?

I very much doubt even the nastiest official would say it wasn't.

What I was trying to get across, though, was that it shouldn't even come to that judgment.

The vital factor - regardless of how reasonable it was - is was it done with the intention of getting some benefit or more than already in payment and the answer is no.

You're not already getting benefit for it to increase and you have no plans to claim it as a result of the expenditure. Therefore you are not doing it solely or mainly to qualify for benefits, additional or otherwise and that's what would need to be decided for deprivation to be applied.

You are doing it because something is needed and you're seeking the best option for that something.

That at some future date you might be made redundant, or get hit by a bus :eek: and be unable to work and then want to claim is incidental.

missapril75

Horseunderwater wrote: »

If you are with an NHS dentist then you can have the work done for a charge of £214 now. This covers dentures and all work associated with the procedure.

midnight_express wrote: »

The Nhs don't do implants.

The argument would probably be that an implant wasn't essential and that a bridge would do.

I was given the choice of Bridge or Implant and both were the same cost. But that was a $ price not UK.

The dentist's recommendation was the implant but that entailed a schedule of appointments over too long a period than I was available for.

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midnight_express wrote: »

The Nhs don't do implants.

my daughter in law had several implants on the nhs whilst not having to pay as on IS

pmel64

missapril75 wrote: »

I very much doubt even the nastiest official would say it wasn't.

What I was trying to get across, though, was that it shouldn't even come to that judgment.

The vital factor - regardless of how reasonable it was - is was it done with the intention of getting some benefit or more than already in payment and the answer is no.

You're not already getting benefit for it to increase and you have no plans to claim it as a result of the expenditure. Therefore you are not doing it solely or mainly to qualify for benefits, additional or otherwise and that's what would need to be decided for deprivation to be applied.

You are doing it because something is needed and you're seeking the best option for that something.

That at some future date you might be made redundant, or get hit by a bus :eek: and be unable to work and then want to claim is incidental.

Thank you for your most helpful reply on this. I am probably thinking too much about the what if's and maybe's. It has put my mind at rest. Cheers.:beer: