Dental woes show decay in our NHS (From York Press)

Dental woes show decay in our NHS

11:12am Saturday 5th March 2011 in Letters

YOU can tell a nation’s health by its smile. A British smile reveals mostly unhealthy teeth, which is a good indication of our National Health Service, once the envy of the world.

I have found that a decent National Health dentist in York is as rare as hen’s teeth.

At one surgery I was told that their books were full up and anyway they “don’t take strangers from off the street”.

At another practice, I found it was a mere front for whisking you off into their private hygienist health care.

I complained to the Minister of Health, but he didn’t even bother to reply, which sums up the scant regard our health care is held under this Government.

So I have done the only thing possible and that is to take out a second mortgage and go private.

However, it begs the question of what we are paying our taxes for: certainly not a decent National Health Service.

Phil Shepherdson, Chantry Close, Woodthorpe, York.