Posts Tagged ‘private dentist’

Filey couple struggling to get NHS care

Filey couple struggling to get NHS care

An elderly couple from Filey are struggling to find an NHS dentist after they were refused from their local practice. Eunice and Jack Fox, who are both pensioners, recently sought help from the Filey Dental Care Centre after they decided to stop visiting their private dentist on the grounds that they couldn’t afford to pay […]


Patient forced to pay for a healthy tooth to be filled

Patient forced to pay for a healthy tooth to be filled

A woman was faced with a bill for £126 following a procedure to fill a tooth, which was later found to be healthy. Anna Grayson, a writer from Devon, visited Teignmouth’s Den Dental Practice and was treated by Karen Hanbury; she paid £126 for the filling at the private dental practice. Just a few weeks […]


Two NHS dental clinics close in Bognor

Two NHS dental clinics close in Bognor

Thousands of local people in Bognor Regis could soon be without a dentist as two NHS clinics are being closed. The NHS has decided to close Flansham Park Health Centre, Felpham, and Maywood Health Centre, Bognor, on 31 August 2010. The clinics’ patients are angry, upset and worried that they will now not be able […]