No NHS Dentist in Hulme
It looks like the rich are priviledged in Hulme when it comes to dental treatment. The last of the NHS dentists on Royce Road, Hulme, is now refusing to treat people on the NHS. This means that those unemployed, on low income and anybody else who are entitled to treatment on the NHS have to travel outside the area.
Nobody told me that changes were being made until I got tooth ache. Even Hulme Library were unaware of the change as I ask them for a list of NHS dentists and Royce Road surgery was still at the top of the list.
I left 2 messages on Councillor Nigel Murphy’s telephone yesterday. The message was asking him what they intend to do about this situation - seeing that it is Labour in power and this is their mess.
This is not mere teething problems for the Government, they have known the situation for a long time. My suggestion is that they build Hulme a NEW dental practice and bring in qualified dentists from Poland & other European countries and make a law compelling dentists to treat so many patients on the NHS and make the process easier.
The nearest Dentist in Hulme is the Kath Lock Centre in Moss Side.
We need more NHS dentists NOW!