New Patients 

 

We are very happy to welcome new patients to our practice in Wrington. We are a strictly private practice, so do not work under N.H.S regulations. Please see our Adult and Children's Price List pages on this website, which will give an indication of our charges for varying treatments here.

If you would like to join the practice, please ring us during working hours and one of our reception staff will go through with you in detail how we operate, and take down any important information.

An appointment will be made at your convenince, and we will ask for the cost of a "New Patient "exam to be paid before that first visit, to guaratee that appointment for you. We will normally ring you a day or so before that first appointment to accept the payment.

We regret having to do this, but unfortunately on a number of occasions new patients have made appointments and then not attended, leaving us with wasted appointments that could have been used by patients in need, in pain, requiring treatment etc. Once that charge has been paid you are then registered at this Practice, so should you need to be seen prior to that initial appointment  for any reason, we will ensure that we make arrangements to see you as soon as possible.

 

First visit

 

Priror to the first visit, we will contact you to remind you, usually the day before, and collect payment if not already paid. If patients are not prepared to cover  this cost before attending, then the appointment will be offered to the next person who is awaoting an appointment.

At the first visit we will take a detailed Medical History for all patients, which will then be updated regularly. If you take any medication on a long-term basis, please bring the details  with you, for example, the packaging of the medication itself, a repeat prescription with the medications listed, or if they are listed on you NHS app on your mobile phone. 

On each future visit, we request that if there are any changes to your medication, or to your general health, that you inform the dentist when you see them, and an updated Medical History form can then be completed.