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UK: DIY dentistry and 'no teeth left to chew with' as people go almost a decade without check-up. (news.sky.com)

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"The crisis in NHS dentistry is so bad that a charity set up to run clinics in poorer countries is now spending more time working in the UK."

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[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I understand! I'm getting frustrated, following your nightmare journey. And yes, doctors are extremely arrogant. Add that on top of whatever constraints imposed on them (time management, restricted formulary from which prescription is permitted, etc) by the system, and I can imagine wanting to throttle someone!

But you said something that made me wonder... Often FNPs or even LPNs are more knowledgeable than MDs, and I wonder if for primary care management, that's a workable possibility for you? I'm sorry if it's another useless idea, I am unfamiliar with your healthcare system, other than what I've read online.

[–] DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A lot of the time, if I actually manage to get an appointment, it's not even with a GP but a nurse, or now they even have paramedics and other similar people doing appointments at the surgery. These have been even worse than the GP. The nurses always say they don't understand blood test results and have to ask a GP and get back to me, and usually no-one gets back to me and I have to chase them up. When my folate deficiency symptoms started and we had no idea what was causing it, I was first given an appointment with a nurse who said she would ask the GP what to do and get back to me. She never did. Months passed as I waited, always expecting a call and my symptoms got much worse, in the end I kept trying to get an appointment with a GP and eventually got one and they said "Oh it looks like the nurse just forgot to follow it up."

One time I went with a UTI and was given an appointment with a paramedic. He was extremely unprofessional, made inappropriate sexual remarks, didn't know which part of the body was affected by a UTI and refused to give me antibiotics so my situation deteriorated. I actually ended up making a complaint about him but nothing came of it.

It's just utterly impossible to get any adequate treatment at all.

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

😲

I have a hypothesis, but without a detailed whistleblower report, it's just a hypothesis.

I'm sorry you're going through this. What a wicked system.

[–] DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the hypothesis?

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Rushing people through to meet NHS cuts and probably quotas on time and limits on resources.