Freezer sprays?

[No Name]

how much money is he/she extracting from your wallet this time?

[Andy Burns]

Having heard various BUPA Dental adverts on the radio where the speakingveryfastandmumbledtermsandconditions mention an extra covid19 safety fee, I was expecting a price hike.

They said they'd like payment in advance over the phone, so I agreed to that, the scribbled sheet I had from earlier in the year quoted £62 but they've just taken £39.

[Andy Burns]

seems like that's the standard band2 fee of £62.10 minus the band1 examination fee of £22.70 from about this time last year when it was decided it ought to come out "but not urgently"

[Max Demian]

The website for mine still says, "Please do not attempt to contact the practice to make an appointment or request a start date," since June. How will the dentists afford their fancy houses and cars? I don't think they get a capitation fee like GPs. (My GP just inundates me with random texts about vaccinations and blood pressure checks, often not identifying who they are or what they are offering.)

[Andy Burns]

Fairly efficient, arrive, stay in car, they phone you when they want you into the building, temperature scan, alcohol gel, belongings in a box, straight into treatment room, alcohol gel, leave by the back door, not yet re-booking for regular check-ups, just waiting for the damned injection to wear off.

[Max Demian]

Is that emergencies only? NHS? Private? Do they charge extra?

[Andy Burns]

NHS, so far they're only restarting cancelled work from pre lockdown1, no extra charge. I've got to wait again for some private work, or even a checkup.