Working away from home - practicalities

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DD (20) has been offered a 2 month contract working in London (we live in Scotland). The contract could be extended, maybe at a different location. A few things have come up.

• dentist. Inconveniently she has a possible gum infection and could do with a dentist. Simplest thing is to delay her departure and see her own dentist before leaving if they can fit her in. But what happens if she needs one while she's away? Not worth registering with a new one for a short time probably.

• doctor likewise I suppose.

• car insurance. She might take a car, which is mine and currently has me as the main driver. I already called the insurers as I'd need to make her the main driver, but couldn't get am accurate quote as she doesn't currently have an address in London. What do people do who move around a lot? I guess you need to change your insurance every time? Do you find issues with this, other than cost?

She was away for uni, but didn't need dental treatment while away, nor car insurance. She did use a doctor at uni, which I seem to recall caused problems at home as she was no longer registered here...

Doctor and dentist: you hope you don't need one (and figure it's fairly unlikely in a two month window) but would contact one and see if you can be seen if and when it comes up - I don't think anyone would register just in case.

Insurance: I think the truth is, rightly or wrongly, most people wouldn't tell the insurance company they were going away for two months any more than they'd tell them they were going for a week. Obviously you wouldn't normally have the added complication of changing the main driver.

Yeah I worked abroad for 2 years and never saw a doctor or dentist...wouldn't even have thought about it if she hadn't just announced she needs the dentist.

If she's not sure whether she's got a gum infection and can't get to a dentist quickly, it's worth trying peroxyl mouthwash.

Thanks, will try mouthwash. We're actually on holiday at the moment so will be at least a week before seeing her dentist.

Not 100 per cent, but I think you can register as a temporary resident at a drs whilst still keeping your main dr.

If she's 20 and grown up enough to go and live at the at the other end of the country maybe it's time she started sorting this stuff out for herself?

If she's 20 and grown up enough to go and live at the at the other end of the country maybe it's time she started sorting this stuff out for herself?

I knew someone would say this, but 20 is still young. Plus it's my car.

GP - you can be seen as a temporary resident. They get (or they used to) a few from the NHS for seeing you so usually happy to do so.

Dentist - see someone privately for speed. They probably do the temporary resident thing as well though.

*fee, not few

Thanks

I used to work away from home a lot in my early twenties and needed a doctor couple times, I just rang NHS 111/24 (can’t remember what one) and they will find you a doctor nearby for treatment - I’m assuming the same is for dentist if it’s an emergency.

Car I wouldn’t bother saying anything about personally.

Thanks