Dental and cancer treatment!

[Goodsoulette]

My nan went to the dentist and needed new dentures, they cost her 700 quid. Her dentist doesn't offer them on the NHS, yet she is 89 and on a state pension. Fortunately she has squirreled away a couple of quid each week for her whole life and was able to pay for it .

This isn't the 50s and dentists said many years ago that it wasn't right that they were having to pull out teeth because it was cheaper. Another billion pounds into dentistry and everyone could have NHS treatment.

I was horrified to find out that this is stemming into to cancer treatment, when i found out my mum's colleagues, who has cancer, cannot afford the drugs she needs.To get them she needs to gather together one million signatures. A million. You cannot even buy the drugs privately and get NHS treatment, its NHS or totally private. They proposed a mix of the two to the department of health but they said no. What is going on? DO you think we should pay into private health insurance and leave the free care to the really poor? It might satisfy some in that those who are extremely overweight, smoke or drink, or take illegal drugs would have to pay a higher rate of insurance!

On another point where the money could possibly come from, bottle fed babies that are admitted to hospital with gastroentiritis cost the NHS over 1 billion every year. About time for the government to explain the benefits of breatfeeding I think. This isn't to say that bottle feeding doesnt have its place but if more people breast fed a lot of childhood illnesses wouldnt happen.

[Goodsoulette]

Not at all Octavius . . . . it is a fact that babies who are breastfed are less likely to get ill, through out their entire childhood. If people weren't made to feel that it was unnatural, as 48 % of women don't even attempt to breastfeed, 22% of those that try give up after 3 days because yes it is difficult then maybe just maybe the NHS could save some cash there. I know its not possible for some women to feed their child naturally and that is the place for bottle feeding. The benefits of breast feeding are indisputable but again at no point have I stated a wish to do away with the NHS. Have you grasped that? Cause it really doesn't seem you have!