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Being Deaf complaining to the NHS and your rights
Following being struck off by my dentist on Friday 10th February after my complaints of lack of Deaf access I’ve discovered the process of redress is weight heavily in favour of the dentist and the NHS also has no standard provision for deaf access in communicating with NHS services via email, skype or even text message.
There is also no information on what to do if you are struck off. How to find another dentist/doctor surgery and how to resolve...
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Category Blogs Tags: Deaf discrimination, Equalities Act 2010, NHS, PALS, Patient Advisory Liaison Service, Stirchley Dental Practice, Telford and Wrekin NHS
Struck off by dentist for being deaf
Today at lunchtime I had a dental appointment at Stirchley Dental Practice in Telford. Two fillings have fallen out at the back of my main front teeth and they need fixing.
I’m writing this blog in tears after being told verbally by the receptionist that I’d been stuck off by the practice by by one of the partner Nicolas Shackleton and he had refused me a new appointment saying I was now no longer a patient.
I have no doubt that my...
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