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Children Waiting Over a Year in Pain for NHS Tooth Removal
BBC ^ | 7/19 | Ruth Green, Jonathan Fagg & Dominic Hughes

Posted on 07/19/2023 11:59:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Children in some areas of England are waiting up to 18 months on average for dental general-anaesthetic treatment and teeth extractions, an investigation reveals. Some have been left with prolonged dental pain, according to information shared with BBC News.

The parents of one girl who has waited three years for extractions say the pain keeps her up at night. At the start of this year, more than 12,000 under-18s were on waiting lists for assessment or treatment at community dental service (CDS) providers, data obtained by the Liberal Democrats from the NHS Business Services Authority and shared with BBC News earlier this year reveals.

Children are referred to a CDS provider when they have tooth decay too severe to be treated in general practice. The longest average wait faced by children for general-anaesthetic treatment at a CDS provider is 80 weeks, at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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Ella Mann, eight, from Dovercourt, Essex, has been waiting three years to have rotten teeth removed.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brushdaily; children; dentalwork; nhs; socializedmedicine
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To: nickcarraway
In Canada they are bringing in universal dental. Most people have dental benefits through work or pay for it on their own currently. Considering our healthcare system is a shambles, you would think they would learn something from our relatively functioning dental services market.

The most likely thing to happen is that the quality and promptness will decline and people will complain that the dentists haven't been rolled into the healthcare system.

41 posted on 07/19/2023 5:25:51 PM PDT by Dat
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That IS paying it out of pocket. This is in the People’s Republic of NY.


42 posted on 07/19/2023 6:30:56 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU

You can’t get a teeth cleaning appointment from a private dentist and you are paying out of pocket, until January?


43 posted on 07/19/2023 6:48:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That is correct, my private dentist with all my records will not be able to get me in until January for a cash/out-of-pocket cleaning. And this was back in late April early May.


44 posted on 07/20/2023 12:51:49 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Red Badger

It does not cost much to go to a dentist, once you have a cavity then have it filled. If the socialist medicine is not quick enough then england does have private care for a higher price. The parents are at fault and all those that do not go to the dentist as well.

#44 Get another dentist.


45 posted on 07/20/2023 11:40:47 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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