every dentist practicing in britain today owes something to the nhs whether its training, facilities or even just for creating the infrustructure of which they are a part . yet most are more interested in financial gain than the general health of the nation.
why not make it a condition of obtaining a licence to practice dentistry that all dental surgeries must devote perhaps 10 or 15 % of their time to NHS patients.
the licence should be subject to annual renewal and patient quota and comments could be reviewed on an annual basis
2006-08-26 11:47:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
please note in the uk an NHS patient who suffers with an abscess must wait approximately 2 years for an appointment at present
2006-08-26 12:09:06 · update #1
Please note , nhs dentists should be applauded for their efforts , what i am suggesting is that if all dentist were required to take a minimal number of nhs patients it would remove the short fall and even allow nhs dentist time to offer private care , thus only those who consider dentistry as purely a profitable business should oppose such measures .
with regards to the comparison to surgeons and doctors etc , i have never heard of someone entering hospital in pain and being turned away without consideration simply because they are not on the list ?
2006-08-28 01:13:48 · update #2
You are 100% per cent but it will not happen.
2006-08-27 00:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to burst your bubble but will do for several reasons.
Firstly why do dentists owe anything to the NHS? The NHS do not train them that comes from the education budget because it is done at University. Why should present day dentists owe anything to an infrastructure that was put in place over 50 years ago and has been put under the thumbscrews by successive governments.
There is never any call for other professions to spend time after graduating working for the public sector such as engineers, biologists, lawyers!
Financial gain! Under the NHS dentists have to run their practice as a business, it has become financially unviable to run an NHS practice in many areas. This is due to underfunding on behalf of the Government whilst all the time more and more regulations are forced upon dentists.
Also dentistry (and medicine) at unversity is a 5 year course not 3 years as most degrees are, this combined with ethe fact that each year has 4 terms rather than the 3 that other degrees take mean that most dental/medical students find it very difficult to get summer jobs and due to workload during term time, any part time jobs. This means they graduate with far higher average debts than other students.
If the NHS was more encouraging and rewarding to dentists( and not just financial reward) then perhaps there would not be the problem there is now.
2006-08-27 21:33:32 · answer #2 · answered by bobbi b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grrrrr!!! "2year wait" - doubt this very much! i work in an NHS dental practice in glasgow and at the moment our books are not too bad, we have space that new patients can be seen within days!!
as for the recall not been sent and peoples registration running out - its only a courtesy this that you get a letter saying you are due! it really is your responsibility to make sure you make your check up appointment every 6-12 months!
there is plenty of NHS dentists in glasgow, fair enough theres a shortage in other places but we have patients that travel to get to us
2006-08-27 01:12:09 · answer #3 · answered by Little toothfairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because most dentists like doctors earn more money performing private practise than nhs. dentists/doctors. Why would the government want to be part of helping the poor. We are just a pain in the a-s for them, they are just part of the injustice of the world
The Nhs needs to make excuse for why they can't do operations. They make any excuse to avoid expenditure. At the cost of life or limb. MY MUM NEED AN OPERATION BUT WILL SHE BE DEAD BEFORE A BED IS AVAILABLE TO HER. tEETH MEAN NOTHING COMPAIORED TO THAT...................DO THEY
2006-08-26 12:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reading between the lines, I hear you saying that private and public (national) health care do not work well together and that the public system loses. I rather suspected such would be the case. Please forward your question to all Canadian Members of Parliament as they keep trying to get stupid that way.
I agree with your thought but my suggestion would be to make the doctor choose public or private practice. To encourage public practice, change the income tax laws to give them a million dollar tax-free allowance and in Canada's case, bonuses for working in remote areas.
2006-08-26 12:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your comments are flawed and shows a lack of knowlegde with regards to the new contract.indeed the working restrictions over the last few years. yes blame dentists why dont you ??? you have no one else to blame?? it obvious to say we are greedy but you would do exactky the same in our shoes.
people like you make nhs dentists move into the private sector
2006-08-27 10:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right. I had an absess, the reaction is tough. However you need to pressure your GP for some antibiotics. You are in pain, and cannot find a Dentist.
2006-08-26 21:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by rogerglyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-29 03:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NT TALK TO ME ABOUT DENTISTS..i was with a nhs dentist for 10 years and he used to send cards out to remind you of another appt due..not this year......so wot happened ? i get a raging toothache..call the dentist(aka the doc...doc holliday) sorry sir your registration is out of date..WOT? look i need to see him me tooth is killing me..no try the emergency dentist..tried is it causing extreme pain she asks..i can just about tolerate it but at night take pain killers..oh she says we cant do anything ..it nots serious enough...WHAT?? so i ring my dentist back begging for help..not a hope in hell...desision time....wot next? so i grabbed a pair of pliers from my tool box..sterilised em in boiling water with disinfectant..and pulled my own tooth out...bled like hell for a while but wound pads soon stopped that...no problem now...lost 1/2 stone not eating solids for 4 days...(8 1/2 stone now...)
2006-08-26 22:07:29 · answer #9 · answered by hondanut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree whole harttedly, but the governments new contract of employment, as a lot to do with the shortage
2006-08-26 11:59:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MOST OF THE DENTISTS OVER IN NTH IRELAND ARE NHS , THEY DO NOT SEEM INTERESTED IN PRIVATE WORK , BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW GOING INTO IT NOW
2006-08-26 11:57:28 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋