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Hi , does anyone know anything about the medical centres that are opening in accrington (blackburn road and the one next to the bridge pub in the centre).
I was told that they will have NHS dental places and was wondering if anyone knew maybe when it was opening , or if there is a waiting list
to applie to.

Ta v much

:D

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The Accrington Pals one definateley has a dentalplace because it's a separate building at the back. Aren't they due to open this month ?

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I drive past both of them everyday, it looks as though they are putting the finishing touches to them, so I would be expecting them to open soon.

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the one towards church is supposed to be opening this month- we shall see?;)

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Think the one on Paradise Street is December

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I read that the emergency service is being moved there from Accy Vic.
I had to use that a few months ago and asked about getting onto their regular practice list (Margaret P told me she was on it), but I was told that I had to join the waiting list like for any other NHS dentist.

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Anybody who wants a NHS dentist there is one near Morrisons that haven't got a waiting list.

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I am on the list now (since June) - hoping to be allocated one in Ossy within next six months. I have only 7 real teeth left now :o so I stopped paying for Denplan and am keeping fingers crossed for no more abcesses before then.
Extractions at the emergency service cost the same as one month's Denplan cover (about £16)

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have em out i got a spare set ya can borrow!:D

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LOL - paid three grand for my lovely porcelain copies of the wonderful teeth I once had - worth every penny

Pic of me at age 16

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i have a dentist but it is over in nelson.. they are really good, if any one cant find a dentist and doesnt mind traveling pm me for the number..
i am looking for a doctor, will i be able to get on at the new centres?

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Just go into any doctor and ask if they are taking new patients on.

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i got a list of doctors in accy, rang them and they said they were full...

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its a poor do when ya cant even get into a doctors anymore:rolleyes:
iv been with the same one since i was born, so i wouldnt change anytime, looks like ill be with them till me death bed:rolleyes:

im dreading it when it goes to paradise street, its going to be chaos!!!:o

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The Pals helath centre will open in a couple of weeks apparently. You can have a guided tour next Tuesday if you feel inclined:)

7 5m Health Centre To Be Unveiled (from Lancashire Telegraph)

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cheers for that lancsdave guess I'd best have a look for when we get called there at the very least would need to know which door(s) are going to be best to use!!!!

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I see there are traffic lights outside the Paradise Street centre. Not an ideal place for them with it being a blind bend from top end of Church Street.

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its as bad as that zebra crossing as you turn up to where lardiz was..

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Yep another daft decision by the planners:)

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Probably about the most stupidly placed zebra crossing in the UK

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hi just to say im with this dentist and to be honest im back on the waiting list for another one,not very good in my opinion nor i didnt feel they made my children at ease,

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my dad nearly hit someone on there the other day because he wasnt expecting it....he has never been to accy before.. he also likes the tight corners on the multi storey:rolleyes:

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theres a dentist in nelson taking on if you dont mind traveling and they are brilliant with the little ones....

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My daughter uses themand I knew they were taking new patients. You might be as well trying the one at the new health centre.

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ot did your daughter think?

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She has never complained, they did some great work on her teeth. I suppose it will depend which one you see.

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If you need an NHS dentist phone NHS direct, you'll then go on the waiting list, it only took us 3 months to get a dentist, though not sure what I trhink of their service yet, anyone else go to the one at the top of Ossy across from Roe Greave Road?

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im at that dentist grego, they ok for me!:D




someone mentioned traffic lights at the paradise street centre?

I see that they are also at the other one too!!


what i dont get is, they put lights here.....BUT they WONT put them nr britannia pub, where they are needed most:(

bloody typical!

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There was always a set of traffic lights round about there on Blackburn Road so they are just replacing the old ones. Suppose they are a neccessity on Paradise Street as well or people would never get across. The traffic is constant all day.

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yeh i suppose, but why cant they put one on that junction???
all down to money they said:(

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Has there been a petition? If not why don't you get one going.

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Have you been recently, Panther?

I have been going there since I was a young child and have never had any cause to complain. However, our dentist has recently left the practice and gone private so our family has been placed with other dentists at the practice.

In the last 6 months both my husband and my mum have had terrible experiences there at the hands of two different dentists who botched up.

My mum had her crowns loosened on one side during a basic extraction. This caused an infection to set in and her face swelled up like Desperate Dan. Had to get manager to put it right. Took months. :(

My hubby went to the same practice last week, different dentist, for a filling. This dentist used latex gloves despite him telling her of his latex allergy. Thankfully it's not fatal so he's still alive.

He had to ask her for an injection for the filling, don't think she was going to bother. Probably because she didn't know what she was doing. She faffed around putting the needle in, pulling it out, twisting it about, for 20 minutes. He was in agony for the rest of that evening and the following day but thankfully ok now.

Whilst he was in reception there was a guy complaining about the dentist who my mum saw. This guy had gone in for a filling, the dentist had slipped with the drill and made a hole in the next tooth!
He had come back for that to be made right and filled but they were trying to charge him and wanted payment up front.....for rectifying their error!

All this is too much. I can't risk my kids being seen by these incompetents and one of them having a bad experience....that's how phobias start.
I'm looking for another dentist for us.

Sorry to scare anyone who is registered there and hasn't been for a bit but it makes me really mad that these things have happened and I wonder how many others have had a bad experience there.

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Think you should warn people Lilly especially if they have got children which Panther has. It could save their kids being traumatised.

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My mum complained and the Group Manager was brought from Manchester to look at the damage to her crowns. She got an apology from the manager and the re-work done by another dentist (who has now left) for free. The dentist in question is still there though and from what my hubby heard in reception last week, he hasn't improved his techniques. :(

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I know that Peel House medical centre are moving into the new one (Accrington Pals)......but other than them don't know of any others going in as yet, I know my doctors aren't going, they are staying where they are now.

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Sorry drifted a bit from the original subject........as far as I know they are taking on dental patients when they open.