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Patients face having to travel long distances, or pay for private work, due to the lack of surgeries accepting new NHS patients.
Three quarters of NHS dentists across Greater Manchester are refusing to take on new adult patients.
Patients face having to travel long distances, or pay for private work, due to the lack of surgeries accepting new NHS patients.
And in large parts of the region ? including Bury , Stockport and Rochdale ? almost all NHS dentists are not open to new patients.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...scandal-hundreds-patients-turned-away-5763881
My dentist is private, but has a social conscience and charges similar prices to NHS. The reason the practice didn't stay with the NHS was because there are very rigid rules about what treatments should be offered, even if they are not in the best interests of the patients.
Three quarters of NHS dentists across Greater Manchester are refusing to take on new adult patients.
Patients face having to travel long distances, or pay for private work, due to the lack of surgeries accepting new NHS patients.
And in large parts of the region ? including Bury , Stockport and Rochdale ? almost all NHS dentists are not open to new patients.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...scandal-hundreds-patients-turned-away-5763881
My dentist is private, but has a social conscience and charges similar prices to NHS. The reason the practice didn't stay with the NHS was because there are very rigid rules about what treatments should be offered, even if they are not in the best interests of the patients.