peter (sax) 🌈Mar 10
A query about dentists and #disability.
My mum, who cannot get up stairs, got a call from her dentist saying that the dentist she’s been seeing will no longer switch surgeries from upstairs to downstairs, and now mum has to see a different dentist.
Is there anything we can do about this?
#NHS #Dentistry #Accessibility
Show threadMike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@saxifraga My uninformed guess is that they will say that they are still providing NHS dentistry and that the contract doesn't say that anyone will get continuity of care by the same person (dentist).

At our NHS surgery my wife rarely sees the same dentist twice, whereas I always see the same dentist. I think it's coincidental that she can't get up the stairs at the surgery.

Mar 10 at 6:40pmWeb
Show threadpeter (sax) 🌈Mar 10
@MikeFromLFE thank you - yes, I think you’re probably right about not having a continuity of dentist.
It seems odd to me that the dentist said she would go downstairs and now, three days before, has changed.
But still, we soldier on!