Gratitude Diary Day 14: Dentist episode 2
I finally got my dental appointment, decided not to wait for NHS dental services to resume and went private. Dentistry is possibly a more lucrative industry than accountancy in the UK. The hourly return is phenomenal for 40 minutes of work to repair teeth plus initial consultation, which earns roughly £400.
I was fortunate to have been able to afford private dental treatment. However, the case remains that many British families out there would not be able to set aside several hundred pounds per family member to maintain their teeth, which has a massive impact on their general health.
Understandably, NHS England wants to be more cautious during the Covid pandemic and limit access to dental care to urgent cases only. But you could only get appointments quickly in many dental practices if you pay privately, even for non-urgent treatments such as seeing the hygienist. If care can be provided to private patients safely, the same should be possible for NHS patients (perhaps at a small additional cost for using PPE and an extra cleaning fee).
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Day 14: I am grateful that my teeth are now fixed, and I can enjoy food without sensitive teeth again. I wish that more could be done about fully including dental care in the NHS, similar to GP practices, so that the public can access better dental care when needed without worrying about the financial burden.
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