£16 a month for the cheapest adult plan plus a £9.50 joining fee??? Whilst I’m annoyed that I will lose my nhs dentist access, what really sticks is 6-18 year olds having (whoever is responsible for them) to pay £9 a month. Many people won’t have the cash for that so once again, people without much money will be discriminated against and their kids will suffer. It’s disgusting. Oh and they might let us in again instead of using the gazebo outside
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- Thread starter choochi
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Dentists have been chronically underfunded for NHS work for years. Covid revealed and accelerated this. The problem is lack of adequate funding, don't blame the dentist's. It's amazing any are still willing to work for the NHS.
My Dentist on Brixton Hill are excellent, at least Dr Mustafa is. Although it is on the other side of the park so not quite the right area.
My Dentist on Brixton Hill are excellent, at least Dr Mustafa is. Although it is on the other side of the park so not quite the right area.
blameless77
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CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
You've obviously not had the "let's start the treatment" ploy which ends up with "and the rest is private" when you're several teeth down on a full set.
The London dentists I've had have all been authoritarian - the Dutch woman in Merton Park behaved like a warden in a concentration camp.
Then there was the Christian one next to the Indian Pentecostal Church in Acre Lane - took me for hundreds of pounds.
His uncle, who I think was still a Hindu and a qualified Dr seemed quite OK, but we're going back to the 1970s now.
My experience of Gresham Road is not too bad - but they are obviously used to "runners" and demand payment upfront before you even go upstairs to the actual dentist.
And yes this is a bad place - people abuse each other on Urban75 all the time. Glad you want to stick up for dentists though.
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Gramsci
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The dentist CH1 was referring to in LJ was my dentist.
Id used the practise for years. It changed hands a couple of times.
The last dentist had a supposed flooding in the basement which destroyed a lot of the records. Or so he told me.
The receptionist went and he appeared to be running it on his own.
I didn't know but he was under investigation for defrauding the NHS.
Which turned out to be true and he did jail time.
He ruined the practise. No one has taken it on.
So sorry but I don't trust dentists.
He was perfectly nice to deal with. Sounds to me he got himself into a mess and dug a deeper hole for himself so to speak.
What should have happened when NHS was set up is that dentists are directly employed by NHS like nurses.
The present system just does not work
The previous dentists were twins. They were good but went off to run a purely private practise. Which is possible in London. The dentist who replaced them was good. He went of to do MA in reconstructive dentistry. It was the last one who messed the practise up in the end.
Basically dentistry needs to be nationalised.
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Gramsci
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Dentist jailed for £109k fraud
A dentist has been jailed for two years after he fraudulently claimed more than £100,000 for treating fictitious patients.
A disproportionately high number of GDC concerns were raised against Asian or Asian British dentists in 2021, the GDCw report says.
The GDC has today published its 2021 annual statistics, using equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) data for the first time.
The data was published with its annual statistical reports for 2021 on fitness to practise and registration.
As a result, the GDC can provide a breakdown of GDC cases by EDI characteristics, such as ethnicity.
The report has shown that of all concerns received 2021, a disproportionately high number were raised against Asian or Asian British dentists (28%).
GDC publishes 2021 fitness to practise and registration statistical reports
We have now published our annual statistical reports for 2021 on fitness to practise and registration.
It sounds like there is racism involved to me regarding these statistics.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Don't you have to apply Chi squared testing to see if this is statistically significant?A disproportionately high number of GDC concerns were raised against Asian or Asian British dentists in 2021, the GDCw report says.
The GDC has today published its 2021 annual statistics, using equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) data for the first time.
The data was published with its annual statistical reports for 2021 on fitness to practise and registration.
As a result, the GDC can provide a breakdown of GDC cases by EDI characteristics, such as ethnicity.
The report has shown that of all concerns received 2021, a disproportionately high number were raised against Asian or Asian British dentists (28%).
GDC publishes 2021 fitness to practise and registration statistical reports
We have now published our annual statistical reports for 2021 on fitness to practise and registration.www.gdc-uk.org
It sounds like there is racism involved to me regarding these statistics.
"The report highlights that of all concerns we received, a disproportionately high number were raised against Asian or Asian British dentists (28%) when compared to their proportion of the total register (24%). Conversely, White dentists were underrepresented (43% of all concerns raised) when compared to their proportion of the register (50%)."
Has this been done, do you happen to know?
Louisgwinn24
Active Member
Away from Dental Matters, Does anyone know who will be occupying the units that are left empty on the pedestrianised area? Many thanks.
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hiraethified
He was my dentist. Luckily I got suspicious when he insisted that I needed loads of expensive treatment after scaring me that my teeth were about to fall out. A real fucking shithead.
Dentist jailed for £109k fraud
A dentist has been jailed for two years after he fraudulently claimed more than £100,000 for treating fictitious patients.www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk
Gramsci
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which street is that?
jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
There is something particularly scummy about medically disfiguring people in your trust unecesarily for profit, worse still if its NHS treatment and they claim it back through the taxpayer.
Louisgwinn24
Active Member
The beginning or end of Railton, The railway arch units opposite Brockwell park!
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I see the toy shop around the corner on Dulwich road looks closed too. I wonder what kind of businesses could survive in Herne hill now?
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Untothislast (plywood furniture makers by the bridge) also closed down shortly after opening because of the price of ply
BusLanes
Pedestrian
They've closed already? Wow that must almost be a record
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Big shame too. Really great little company.
They are still operating on Brick Lane? I think.
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Had never been aware of their existence, before now .
But a quick look a their website (especially the cover message on that about reorganisation etc) and I'm very tempted to get something from them
Tron Cruise
Active Member
HH is Dulwich Village with less money but the same (slightly younger), middle-class bellends. Not hipsters though.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
They are great - we’ve bought a lot from them over the years including our bed. Brick Lane still going.
I think it just depends on your definitions but you definitely see lots of what I call hipsters around especially for the market
I’d image his security detail will be adept at handling flying bottles
They mention that as one of the reasons and this article talks about it. Do wonder if they can’t afford it what sort of businesses can.
Also, guess there’s a ton of breweries now so got to be a difficult market - wonder if Brixton Brewery and others getting bought by big brewers makes it more difficult as well.
Bath Factory Estate traders say they are set to be priced out by new multi-million pound landlord - Southwark News
One tenant said: “It’s just immoral and economically unsustainable to get one company to have ownership of so many small premises across the country."
southwarknews.co.uk
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