to expect a student to get free dental treatment

[motheroftwoboys]

DS1 is at university on a student loan and he now has to pay for dental care. We paid for a check up - £16.50 and didn't bother/forgot to try and claim then he needed a filling so we paid for theat £45.60 and decided to fill in the form/claim it back. When we got the form back it said he earned to much!!!! to be able to get free dental treatment. He is on a full student loan/grant living in London fgs. He doesn't have a job. Our younger son is coming up 18 next week. No doubt it will be the same for him. I must be really naive as I thought that people in full time education got this sort of thing free!

does it also depend on finding a dentist who will take you on as an nhs paitent?

because thats where we are struggling with my dd4 dental treatment and having to pay for it.

SkipHopJump - yes, I didn't mean to sound grumpy..DD was grumping at me...I just don't want anyone to miss out.

misdee..sadly yes, shame you are not in Edinburgh as she could have come to us!!

we're in hertfordshire and dont drive, so although willing to travel can only go as far as the bus lol.

Oh, the NUS website seems positive. Maybe I will try again. Thanks fanjo (feel bizarre writing that!!)

Good luck.. eww a grinning fanjo

or even

I didn't get full exemption when I was a student 9 years ago. But I was assesed as having to pay £1.24 for each course of treatment. It was based on my income, not my parents income. Not sure if I had to provide any evidence of income, remember having to got 3 months of bank statements but think that was for a hardship loan.

He filled in the form. Got the reply today hence the post. I was cross! I had hoped to get my money back. They said he had to pay something like the first £188 of dental charges or some strange figure like that.

oh I see, sorry serves me right for trying to answer in a hurry