Anyone heard from the NHS dentists?
 

Has anyone who registered earlier this year to go with the new NHS dentists at Accy Vic heard anything? I rang them the other day and was told that all registration forms had been allocated and it was up to the dentists to ring us now. I just wondered if anyone knew anything further as I could do with being seen soon. Thanks!

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I haven't heard anything......but I am getting decidedly jumpy when the post arrives.....I'm sure it will be soon. (aaaargh!)

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sent all my forms away along time ago ag down to primary care at clayton.Have not heard anything as yet but will make it one of my jobs this week to ring them so watch this space

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I know my friend had to be referred to accy vic for the dentist for her son as he's not responding to his dentist at all and even though it's classed as pretty urgent the appt came through for october!!!!!!!!

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its a crap state of affairs this dentist malarkey, i was at the antley till they went private then was sent a form if i wanted to remain with them-charges etc also i would have to visit them every 12 or 15 months cant remember which,so i rang them asking why i needed this visit (i have FALSE TEETH) needless to say i now have no dentist.

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please dont tell pixie where she can get a dentist


i dont want to wait until shes 70 until she looses her teeth ;)

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yes just rung myself same story i asked how long before a dentist rings me she i dont know she says up to him not the ideal system

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Comments like that will certainly ensure that you lose your teeth before the end of the week dear.:rolleyes:

Anyway, I got a letter this morning saying that they had passed my details onto the nearest NHS dentist and we should hear something in the next SIX MONTHS (?!). Funnily enough there was a letter for my partner and one for my son and that was it...none for me! I wonder if I am on their lists or not!

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I haven't heard anything yet and could do with an appointment soon. I still have my special toffee left over from Christmas and I daren't eat it in case it rips a filling out.:D

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On the subject of NHS Dentistry, I was informed the other day by an Asian work colleague that she pays £600 return Air fare to Pakistan,visits friends for a week or so,pays around £10 to get her teeth fixed up, then pays a further £10 for new specs then flies back here to England.

Apparently we too could avail ourselves of this service .When I think Iv'e spent hundreds on teeth alone, I wonder what the hell is wrong with the NHS.

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I wish I'd had a dental appointment in New Zealand, as it is cheaper than here. A colleague of mine always gets her new specs on holiday. She got 2 lovely pairs of glasses at an opticians in Cyprus last year for half the price we pay here. Not only did the optician do a couple of fittings and adjustments to the glasses because he wasn't happy with them, but he personally delivered them to our hotel so that she could have them in time for her relatives wedding. How's that for service....:)

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does that mean I can relax then for another 6 months.......?

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Further info here,enter your postcode and it will then give a list of Dentist who are not accepting new patients!:D
http://www.nhs.uk/England/Dentists/Default.aspx

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I thought that they were bringing in some polish dentists to work at Accy Vic......have I got it wrong?

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I can see me ending up with Nocturnal teeth at this rate.

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best option I've heard is a friend who goes out on hols to india every year and gets all her teeth done. She's had crown and bridge work and they've done a damn good job too for the cost of 1 filling here, yep thats 1 filling!!! Amazing isn;t it

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NHS dentists are such a joke no matter where you go. I haven't had my own dentist for ages

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NHS Dentists?

Aren’t they related to the Dodo?

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the thing that i find most disgusting is that even if a person has some savings and can raise the money to pay for a private dentist they cant claim back the percentage that the nhs would have paid anyway

it shouldnt matter where you get the work done you should always be able to claim back what the nhs should be paying after all thats why we pay national insurance

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hear hear!! That's the most sensible thing I think you've posted, karma on it's way :da:

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yeah i have my moments lol :)

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I know its hard and the NHS should be put to task for its incompetence but as I sit here with a gob that is numb having just returned from the dentist, you know the Americans love thier dentist, I pay $117 every 2 weeks for health (inc dental) insurance, every vist you co pay $50, I had to have a deep cleaning, you know us Brits only go when we need too. Anyhoo the cost of the deep clean was $970 of which I paid $230, yes even with insurance I paid 230 bucks for a deep cleaning which the dental assistant/ Hygeneist does if you convert it at 2 to the pound thats 115 quid to get your teeth cleaned, stick with NHS it will be worth the wait.

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Has anyone had any appointments with the new NHS dentists.....or heard anything at all from them.
I just want to know if I should start fretting about getting an appointment soon......or whether my appointment will be a Christmas present....!

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I had my check up six weeks ago and had a scale and polish tuesday this week Margaret.I am with Dr David Heeley, he is very nice so you wont need to be to scared if you get him.lol
The phone number for the dental department at accy vic is 294626.

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I think they have looked at my form and seen that I have not been seen for 40 years and they think it won't matter if I wait another 40.

Janet, I am definitely not brave enough to phone up and ask what is going on......I filled the form in.....now I'll just wait!

Glad you got a pleasant dentist though.

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i havn't heard a thing margret, but i did read the original letter last month, & it did say if you had not heard from them within 3 months could you ring them please. mmmmmmm...now where did i put that letter again.

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We got the confirmation letter, still waiting to hear if we got on with them though as well.

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I had a letter months ago and sent back my registration form. I have heard sod all since so I will be ringing that number this week..:D

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Is this the only NHS dentist in Accy? if so its a poor do.

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Well at least there is a NHS dentist in Accy so many are turning private that 10,000 yes 10,000 have been de-registered in Aberdeenshire. Its all going to the dogs paying for an NHS service you cannot get. Where do we go from here? Over to France and have it done on an E11?

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My dentist went private and i had a choice i either stayed with him and paid or try and find another dentist that would take me on. I stayed with him and pay so much a month. I do get my moneys worth though because i go every 3 months.

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just reviving this yet again.....................i rang the number on the letter that quite a few of us got earlier this year & which stated "if you have not heard from a dentist within 3 months, please ring this number " the reply i got ..........when they finally answered was " all forms have been sent out to the dentists in the area," "if you havn't heard yet ......ring N.H.S. DIRECT" i ask you, well margret , i think thats lets us out of going to the dentists he he he he ............don't you?

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Mez, I think you are right.... but I am not stirring the pot......they know where I am if they want to check out my fangs.......after all I haven't been for 40 years so another one or two won't make much difference.