So, who's up for it then?

According to my mate.

The dentists are getting shafted by the NHS/Goverment</p>

 

RE: Well..........

They pay income tax and NI on what they earn.</p>



The point here is the Govt bangs the drum about what it spends on the NHS. get down to the front line where the NHS actually pays for the services it procures, and it's not such a black and white issue.</p>



I don't know what Dentists get paid from the NHS, but who in their right mind is going to work for less money ?</p>

 

RE: Well..........

You're right. Which is why I'd like to see them forced to cover the demand for NHS work. It's still a decent living.

 

I must have been NHS then as that 15.50 is about the price I pay for a check up

 

RE: Well..........

Like owt else, if te govt want them to do it, they'll have to pay. Unless they actually create a seperate NHS dentis network.

 

RE: Well..........

I suppose, having already sneaked out of much of the expense of providing affordable dental care, they'd see that as a backward step.

It'd be good to see a wave of NHS-only dental clinics opening all over the country and forcing them to take the responsibility again. I know there's only so much cash to go round but I think making the public cough up for dental care is very *****.





















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Haven't been to the dentist's for 15 years

Saved me a fortune. I'll just have the lot out in a few years and buy myself a liquidiser with the money I've saved.

 

RE: Haven't been to the dentist's for 15 years

That'll be some liquidiser you'll be able to afford!

You'll be buying the Heinz soup FICTIONory!

 

Can I take it from that . . .

. . . that Site Admin responded to my request to add the word "F A C T" to the swear filter? ff

 

RE: Can I take it from that . . .

FFS!

They need to sort out the "swear" filter

 

RE: You really need to think this through mate.

so bully boys a regular little Rachman !

says it all really.

 

what i dont understand is.

when i was at school in the 60s i used to go for check ups every 4 months and i needed loads of fillings which my dentist used to do without anesthetic he really made me suffer the cruel *******. so when i started work i told him to ****** as i wasnt putting up with all that pain again. i never went to a dentist for 17 years then when i decided to have my teeth checked the dentist told me they where fine.
so that means when my adult teeth where only about 2 or 3 years old and had regular dental treatment they needed all them fillings but then after 17 years of not going to a dentist my teeth didnt need any fillings. i think all them fillings when i was at school must have been unneccessary and a easy way for a dentist to make a fortune.

 

Some unscrupulous ones used to

<h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">just do it to get the cash.</font></h1><h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">A bit unfair to tar them all with the same brush.</font></h1><h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">BIMVHO</font></h1><h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The whole current situation is the result of :-</font></h1><h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Government whom understandably would like to bring costs down and under control quickly. However the GOVT have not gone about it the best manner but are largely in a no win situation.</font></h1><h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Beligerent BDA members whom don't want to lose a few grand a year and can cause the GOVT considerable embarassment by lack of cooperation.</font></h1>

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Just a couple of anecdotes..</font></p>

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">An average dentist with a reasonable NHS commitment can earn between 60 to 90K PA.</font></p>

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">One practice in West Yorks with 2 dentists turned over 1.4 million in a year.</font></p>

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hard done to? make up your own mind.</font></p>