Had to take Miss Vamps to a specialised NHS Dentist as she wanted some work doing, long story short, she is not eligible for this on the NHS, he then went on to show, using model teeth the result of the treatment, which she could get done privately.......
She has a slight overbite and wants’ a brace putting on to correct this, it’s not really bothering her, but we agreed to investigate, there were other young people there who were clearly going to get this treatment on the NHS.
At the moment I was taken aback, that they would go direct to the child and, say the work could be done privately, potentially raising hope for the child, without any due consideration as to the parents ability to pay, and all parents know about ‘pester power’ I was present but he was speaking directly to her. The dentist did say that he did not do private work here, but some of his colleagues did.............
We then had to go and speak with someone else, she explained the two prices, to which I listened attentively and took the information. Then I let rip, explaining the very difficult situation they are putting parents in, raising the hope of the child and leaving the parent in the position to say that they can not afford to pay for the treatment, Surly they should speak with the parent first, to assess weather private treatment is viable, she agreed with me...................
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Topic: A Rant about the Dentist................... (Read 1345 times)