Dentist update :-)
Mich and sprog1 went to the dentists the other day for their final NHS checkup before the dentist goes private as we had told them to stuff their expensive plans (see an earlier post for details). After they are finished she is asked if they want to make another appointment and when quizzed with “I thought you were private only” they respond with “You can stay as NHS if you want”.
Bastards
I wonder how many people signed up to their expensive plans out of panic. Expensive plans that were 12 month contracts that you can’t get out of within the first year. Of course, once you are a private patient the chances of getting back onto the nhs list are nil.
Bastards
They even agreeded to sign sprog2 up as a new nhs patient!
Bastards
April 4th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
I rang my dentists the other week to book, but I’ve dropped off the system for NHS
Fortunately however, the dental nurse (who also does reception sometimes) is a good family friend and she ‘accidentally’ managed to add me back into the system!
July 24th, 2006 at 9:00 am
[...] Finally, while on a whinge about the NHS (don’t get me wrong, in general I think the NHS is wonderful) a few months ago I got a letter from my dentist which appeared to be word for word identical with the one mich got a while back. I ignored it and then got another one saying that my appointment with them had been cancelled. A few weeks ago my mum went along for her final appointment (they didn’t have time to cancel hers) and she asked them about this saying that she wasn’t signing up for either and that they both seemed a con. They then offered her the chance to go pay-as-you-go… Not quite such a good result as mich got (her dentist offered to keep her on NHS when it became obvious she wasn’t going to sign up) but still and improvement. What really annoys me is that pay-as-you-go wasn’t an option in the letter. Bastards attempting to use scare tactics to get me to sign up to an insurance that is useless. I’ll give them a ring next month and see what they offer me - I’m buggered if I’m paying for the privilege of being allowed to visit. [...]