Apprenticeship dental charges

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Both my kids are doing apprenticeships the eldest is 19yrs old and the younger one is 18yrs old. I've found a dentist who is taking on new patients but need to know if as apprentices they have to pay for check ups or treatments. Don't seem to be able to find the correct info on the net!

Try this:

www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-low-income-scheme

Depends where you are. In NI you are entitled to free treatment until age 18 or up to 19 if you're in full time education. After that it's not automatic and you have to fill in a form called a HC1 form (which your dentist should have copies of) and sent it to your local DHSS/equivalent office and they will get back to you with a certificate for full help, partial help (ie you pay up to a certain amount and the rest is covered), or no help. You then have to make your dentist aware of this or they will assume you pay and charge you. May work differently in the rest of the UK though.

Thanks, we're in South Yorkshire, I've been doing more research and it seems that the kids will need to go through the process of HC1. Don't think there will be any point as they both live at home and both my husband and I work so no doubt our household income will be over the required amount to receive help.

DS is 19 and has just completed his first year at University.

He completed the HC1 form - there are many pages - and it turns out he has to pay for the bulk of his treatment anyway.

i think his dental treatment cut off payment is anything up to 110 Pounds? Dental is about 70 pounds.

So he won't really benefit much from it.

Unfairly his student maintenance loan counts as his income.

So fill out the forms, but don't be surprised if they still have to pay full whack.

That's the thing, I know our total household income will take it to the limit so I'm wondering if j can be bothered to waste hours of my life filling out forms.

I suppose if they need pricey dental treatment, or big spend glasses then it's worth it.

DS didn't have a summer job this year so I might get him to re-apply this next term and see how that goes.

Kids are expensive for a long time, eh ?

Yeah, I get that right now it's just a routine check up, but they're both sensible enough to put money away and can pay for their own check up.