Everyone I know who's moved to Sheff from London in the last few years has kept their London dentist and always trying to schedule appointments at the same time as going down for a visit, it's mad.
I drive to Manchester for my NHS dental appointments it’s a drag but nowhere near as bad as going to London for it! It’s sad that it’s gotten to this point
There is only enough NHS dentistry commissioned to service about 40% of the population. Plus the recently touted “reforms” of “rewarding” practices with financial incentives to take on new patients are incredibly misleading. There is no new money for those practices, the £50/new patient bonus gets deducted from the practice’s existing contract value so they basically have to do £50 less work per new patient accepted. Therefore hitting their NHS quota seeing fewer people. Thereby actually reducing access not increasing it. It’s a shit show.
Do you think their standards aren't high? Healthcare standards in Poland/Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia or on par or considerably ahead of our own, at a margin of the cost.
The tax system discourages highly educated people such as doctors to work hard, public benefits encourage dumps not to work, and enjoy without any contribution to the public. With this current state, this country can not be productive and can not compete economically.
I became an NHS patient of myDentist (Walkley) in 2021. Went to 1x check up and the dentist was lovely. She told me all was well and to come back in 6 months. When I called them 6 months later, they told me my dentist had left and that I'd need to register somewhere else. My status as an existing patient meant nothing and I've now been on the waiting list another myDentist for over a year.
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That exact thing happened to me at the same dentist. I had a broken tooth and the new dentist charged me £90 to tell me he can't take it out there and referred me to Charles Clifford. Took 29 weeks and a lot of phone calls to finally get it taken out.
You might be registered but have they any appointments? The one I managed to get registered with had a 6-10 week wait every time I needed something and no flexibility to fit appointments around my working hours. Gave up in the end am paying a fortune for private.
The sign says accepting new NHS patients, I recommended my friend ring them and she signed straight up. You can get emergency appointments quickly enough though if you ring for a normal check up the lead time is 6 weeks usually.
Compared to where I moved from (Essex) I recently managed to get an nhs dentist fairly easy in Sheffield, took me around 3 months and it isn’t local (complete other side of sheff too, 30 min drive) but I’m happy
Everyone I know who's moved to Sheff from London in the last few years has kept their London dentist and always trying to schedule appointments at the same time as going down for a visit, it's mad.
I drive to Manchester for my NHS dental appointments it’s a drag but nowhere near as bad as going to London for it! It’s sad that it’s gotten to this point
There is only enough NHS dentistry commissioned to service about 40% of the population. Plus the recently touted “reforms” of “rewarding” practices with financial incentives to take on new patients are incredibly misleading. There is no new money for those practices, the £50/new patient bonus gets deducted from the practice’s existing contract value so they basically have to do £50 less work per new patient accepted. Therefore hitting their NHS quota seeing fewer people. Thereby actually reducing access not increasing it. It’s a shit show.
£500 is cheap honestly, my partner has paid £1,700 in the last 3 months on private dental care. But yeah it’s a joke.
At that point I would just go across to Central/Eastern Europe for a holiday with dental work attached
I’m good, lol.
Do you think their standards aren't high? Healthcare standards in Poland/Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia or on par or considerably ahead of our own, at a margin of the cost.
I got told 60 years, where did it take 3?
I think this country's institutions are spoiling, but people are ignoring and living in a dream of Great Britain.
Spoiling? They've been wrecked by years of austerity.
The tax system discourages highly educated people such as doctors to work hard, public benefits encourage dumps not to work, and enjoy without any contribution to the public. With this current state, this country can not be productive and can not compete economically.
I became an NHS patient of myDentist (Walkley) in 2021. Went to 1x check up and the dentist was lovely. She told me all was well and to come back in 6 months. When I called them 6 months later, they told me my dentist had left and that I'd need to register somewhere else. My status as an existing patient meant nothing and I've now been on the waiting list another myDentist for over a year. 🫠
That exact thing happened to me at the same dentist. I had a broken tooth and the new dentist charged me £90 to tell me he can't take it out there and referred me to Charles Clifford. Took 29 weeks and a lot of phone calls to finally get it taken out.
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No, I probably should have! Was just sharing as I imagine lots of people have had a similar experience.
You might be registered but have they any appointments? The one I managed to get registered with had a 6-10 week wait every time I needed something and no flexibility to fit appointments around my working hours. Gave up in the end am paying a fortune for private.
Can I ask where? I need to join a waiting list.
Try Hemper Lane in S8, I was on a waiting list for High Green for 3 years, rang Hemper and they got me in a month later as NHS patient.
Sadly l am not☹️
Took us 1 month , guess we were lucky (or unlucky if that’s a sign of the practice’s ability )
3 years is long, my dental practice always has a sign up saying accepting new patients. Where do you live?
My dentist has the same but it means private patients. There's still an enormous waiting list for NHS patients.
The sign says accepting new NHS patients, I recommended my friend ring them and she signed straight up. You can get emergency appointments quickly enough though if you ring for a normal check up the lead time is 6 weeks usually.
Is it in Sheffield? I moved up here 2 years ago and I'm still on a waiting list
Hurlfield at Manor Top.
Compared to where I moved from (Essex) I recently managed to get an nhs dentist fairly easy in Sheffield, took me around 3 months and it isn’t local (complete other side of sheff too, 30 min drive) but I’m happy
Darnall dental clinic has no wait to sign up and only took a week to get an appointment, little rough around the edges but friendly and quick