Which form do I need to fill out to exempt me from prescription/dental charges for a year?

[beatie]

This is a bit late in the day as my baby is already here and 4 months old! But, I am about to visit the dentist again and no longer have my bunp as proof of being pregnant.

My midwife never gave me the form to fill out and when I asked at the doctors surgery a week ago, they appear to have given me the wrong form.

Could someone enlighten me?

didn't you get an automatic maternity exemption card?

Just tell the dentist the date of birth of the baby. That should be fine. Then you sign the form there.

I don't remember filling anything in, as far as I recall I was just sent an excemption certificate. I never showed to to anyone anyway (I think it might still be pinned to my noticeboard and DD is 2 now ). Is your dentist asking for proof?

Should I have got one automatically?

I never filled out a form. I had to last time with dd1.

Hello Beatie

I have an exception card - sent to me after I filled in a form the gp gave me. It took 3 weeks to arrive. Could you take Alice's birth certificate - if they need any proof? - they will ask you to sign for free treatment! Have fun xxx

I filled in a form when I was pregnant - my mw gave it to me at my booking appt - think it was called a FW8? Sent it off to Newcastle and got a credit card thingy which showed the expiry date as 1 year after my due date - does this ring any bells?

If not ask at the GP surgery as the form can be filled in after a birth and apply then - in the meantime won't the birth certificate be enough for your dentists? HTh

Thanks. I'll take her birth certificate along and chase up the correct form with the surgery.

same as hotmama as i had to fill out form that the midwife gave to me

can you contact your midwife again and redo another one?

IME most dentists are fine if you simple say you are exempt at tick the relevant box on the form to state why and sign. They will then tick a separate box to say evidence hasn't been seen (I know a birth certificate is evidence but isn't a "recognised" one for this purpose). Then if "the powers that be" want to check up on you they will contact you rather than the dentist. By which time you should have your exemption certificate.

ooooohhh - can I do a quick hijack?

I have to go for a filling tomorrow and I'm in early stages of pregnancy, so no bump or exemption certificate yet. Does anyone know whether you can get an exemption from dental charges with a non NHS dentist? I guess I'll probably have to get a letter from the midwife and go back for a refund, but it's still a better bet than lashing out £120 for a hour of pain

I think the exemption from charges only applies for NHS work - so if having private treatment you still have to pay. Also, I think that even if you were exempt but paid for NHS work - you don't get a refund - crap hey!

You are only exempt from NHS charges not private (the nhs pays the dentist if you don't but no-one will "cough -up" for you if you are private - and dentists don't work for free ). Even if you have no proof that you are pregnant just do what I said in my first post and you'll be fine. If you do pay (but think you may be exempt) get a receipt for everything you have spent and you should be able to claim it back.

Bear in mind that as you are pregnant there will be certain treatments (x-rays in particular) that your dentist won't do.

Groan. There are no NHS places for miles around here, so my dentist is private. Which means, I guess, I shall have to pay.

Hey ho, there goes my pay rise....