nhs prices

[leck0r]

how i understand the system.. for each complex treatment i have to pay 194 pounds.. so when i need for example 7 crowns is that 1 treatment aswell? it should be fitted in 1 go .. 2 dentures and 7 crowns..

after what i understand i have to pay only 194 once?

[Webmaster]

you are almost correct, the only problem is that there is a time limit on the once off fee. If you get all the work done in a 2 month period then it should only cost £194. However you will only be able to have a number of crowns done per visit, and you may find that the waiting time for the next visit is longer than 2 months!

[leck0r]

cant i go against that when i find out that the dentist delays the waiting time on purpose??

[leck0r]

but otherwise when i could do that in 2 goes .. 2x 194 issnt bad either...

[Webmaster]

Im really not sure about that. It would be hard to prove that your dentist was deliberately stalling your treatment, after all, all NHS waiting lists are completely over-subscribed!

I would be interested to see if it is possible, to me it seems like the standard get out clause for the new NHS pricing scheme.

[MelPG1]

Ive been to see my NHS dentist today and was originally booked in for root canal to be done today, however he has put this off for weeks, so much so that I had to have emergency dental work last week to tide me over until.  Today he didnt do the root canal as told me he needed to pack the tooth out again with antiseptic (before he'd even looked in my mouth), this is the third time and Im in agony!! He then told me that he would book me in for root canal at his first available hour slot (which isnt for three weeks) but as he isnt a specilaist at this work it only had a 50 percent chance of working, he could however refer me to his colleague (another NHS dentist in the same practice) but only as a private referral and would cost me at leats £250 but this would be a greater success rate.  Unfortuately I cant go down this route as Im on mat leave from work at the mo and Im exempt from NHS payment so why should I!! I cannot for the life of me understand why my dentist cannot refer me to his NHS colleage as an NHS patient if he thinks he cannot do the work adequately, is this right, surely not??  The annoying thing is that i was previously a patient of this other dentist but the practice changed me to the dentist I have now. Uuuurgh so annoyed!

[Webmaster]

these delaying tactics sound pretty unreasonable. Have you contacted an alternative dentist? Im not sure of the rules on referals, but I was under the impression that all 'essential' treatment is covered by the NHS. I would image that fixing a painful tooth comes under 'essential' unless there was the option for removal?