I'm not sure if this has been posted before but the situation with NHS dentists at the moment is an absolute disgrace. I rang my dentist last week for a check up as I hadn't been through the pandemic and they told me due to me not going for over 2 years I've been taken off the NHS list even though there has been a pandemic for over 2 years and will be placed on the private list now. First check up was £60 only to be told when I get there that I need work doing (fillings) which would be a total of over £300! So I've rang all the dentists in my area (Stockton, Norton, billingham, thornaby) not one of them are taking on any NHS patients! How are people expected to just stump up hundreds of pounds on the spot in this climate?!