corono Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Dentist I wonder if we stopped sending billons of aid to other countries in arms and everything else we could probably afford a to train afew more Dentist 's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Why be NHS when going private ( as the dentist ) makes you sooo much more money . Plenty out there but more are interested in charging £100 to tell you that yes you have teeth .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN749 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 As soon as they are trained they get better offers from private practices and off they go.The system needs change, instead of paying NHS dentists a fee for the treatment they carry out we should be paying them a fixed salary that can compete with private rip off places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 On 08/02/2024 at 12:37, TOPGUN749 said: As soon as they are trained they get better offers from private practices and off they go.The system needs change, instead of paying NHS dentists a fee for the treatment they carry out we should be paying them a fixed salary that can compete with private rip off places. Most likely unsolvable, along with everything else. Just a further attempt to reintroduce the plebians to the dark ages. Common sense has gone the way of the dinosaurs here, all by design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Do the same as the armed forces except with a choice. Either pay the full cost of the training as you get it and be free to do whatever on completion (the choice) or pay nowt but agree to work for the NHS for a given period after qualifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serrac Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 On 11/02/2024 at 10:50, wymberley said: Do the same as the armed forces except with a choice. Either pay the full cost of the training as you get it and be free to do whatever on completion (the choice) or pay nowt but agree to work for the NHS for a given period after qualifying. That can't possibly work, much too sensible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 I thought you paid tuition costs to study dentistry. Is it subsidised by the NHS? Surely if it was they would have to be a return of service. I doubt many private patients would be happy paying a dentist private prices after they had just qualified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Folk that need to go to a dental hospital are training them , i got a tooth pulled at 20'30 on a Saturday night at the hospital and it was a trainee under instruction and i really didnt care at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmicblue Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Dentists are a likely example of the way the whole of the NHS will go eventually as the current arrangement is unaffordable: - Better drugs and technologies mean that people live longer which costs money - Better drugs and technologies cost more money in themselves - our health professionals are underpaid so the NHS needs more money A conversation with my NHS dentist went like this a few years ago..."Under the NHS the treatment is 'X' however that's not really the way it could be done for the best result, current dental techniques in the private sector are 'Y' so if you have a private dental plan this is the way we would approach it". Hello Denplan - costs me about £50/month. UK dentistry is already a two-tier system, the bare minimum vs getting the job done properly, seems only a matter of time before the rest of the NHS follows suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 We had a great dentist worked out his house then he retired we went to another practice after they got all the old dentists patients they went private wanted £35 a month per person , We left there and went to one near the house at corvid they only dealt with emergencies' so after not being seen for 4 years we phoned up and asked what was happening . Oh your still registered here do you want a appointment but there's a 3 month wait so waited got treated needed nothing so see you in a year . I questioned a year yes we changed it we are so busy . They still have a sign up We Welcome NHS Patients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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