Submitted on Thursday 8th February 2024
Rejected on Monday 19th February 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow NHS dental patients to take their funding with them to a private practice.
This petition seeks a change in policy that would allow patients who have been unable to register with or secure an NHS appointment with a dentist to take their element of NHS funding and use it towards private care. We urge policymakers and relevant authorities to consider this proposal seriously.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, advice was not to visit the dentist to curb virus spread. I have now been removed as a patient due to non-attendance as so many have.
The British Dental Association (BDA) state at least 4 million are likely to struggling to get an appointment with a dentist.
Not all will be able to pay the difference between private and the NHS element, however, some will freeing many critical appointments and reducing the financial burden for those who have no choice but to go private.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/652610
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