Patients who queued for hours to get their dental care on the NHS were forced to pay for a hygienist appointment before being allowed to register, a BBC investigation has revealed. Prospective patients said they were handed an ‘ultimatum’, which saw hundreds pay £69 to sign up, despite policies stating that a healthcare provider cannot refuse an NHSContinue reading “A Dentist Gave NHS Patients An Ultimatum”
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GPs To Treat Millions Instead Of Hospitals
As Keir Starmer fights to address the NHS crisis, sweeping reforms will see patients treated by general practitioners (GPs) rather than receiving specialised treatment in hospitals. Routine appointments will be dealt with in community services close to patients’ homes in a move they believe could ‘fix the waiting list’. The health service will also rampContinue reading “GPs To Treat Millions Instead Of Hospitals”
My Brother Emailed His GP surgery, But They Didn’t Respond
After emailing a general practitioner’s office asking patients not to call, a woman whose brother passed away has warned that more deaths could occur if immediate adjustments are not made. Allan Hamilton, 51, struggled to breathe when he emailed The Pike Practice on November 14. He had been told not to call his GP onContinue reading “My Brother Emailed His GP surgery, But They Didn’t Respond”
Still Waiting For NHS Dentist Appointment Seven Years Later
A lady has said she was forced to pull out her teeth after waiting almost seven years for an NHS dentist appointment. When Linda Colla, 76, relocated to Nottingham from Devon in 2018, she started looking for a dentist but was soon let down when she discovered that it was harder than she had anticipated. She saysContinue reading “Still Waiting For NHS Dentist Appointment Seven Years Later”
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