Reopening dental practice
If we open for only emergency care without suitable financial support from the government, many dental practices will not be able to sustain this and would go burst.
Ther will be a significant rise in the cost of PPE and if we don’t get additional funding for this we cannot sustain also NHS practices work on the model of seeing 25 to 35 patients every day and if we have to stagger the patients we cannot sustain As we won’t be making a revenue to pay the staff never mind pay overheads. We may be seeing only 5 to 6 patients if we have to stagger them but as a business we will go burst.
Why the contribution is important
Patients are suffering with pain and if we have to reopen to provide both NHS and Private Dental support we need financial support from the government as the overhead costs are really high and the current recommendation of additional PPE and staggering the patient will not work with the current funding. Most Dental Practice is already at the risk of going burst and this will be like the last nail in the coffin.Please support both NHS and private practice with the funding to help us provide patient dental care
by changeneed on May 11, 2020 at 10:16AM
Posted by davidcoffield May 11, 2020 at 10:33
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Posted by captive May 11, 2020 at 10:58
However the nations dental needs require addressing. It cannot manage these needs from only a handful of centres. Sooner or later the profession at large will need to be called upon. If it is not soon many of our non-NHS colleagues will face permanent closures of their practices.
To address the safety aspects both for dental staff and patients appropriate costs will require tobe built into the fees.
These fees must reflect all business overheads.
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Posted by AMMAC May 11, 2020 at 12:07
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Posted by beachhut May 11, 2020 at 12:47
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Posted by sheenaduboust May 11, 2020 at 12:51
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Posted by Kensim9 May 11, 2020 at 12:51
I can say fees are inappropriate as retired dentist ie no longer allowed to call myself a dentist and cannot be struck off for telling the truth!
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