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To: The Health Secretary
Free dental care if you are made redundant.
Give free dental care if you loose your job and have to sign on to JobSeekers Allowance, regardless of whether its 'income based' allowance or 'contributory based'
Why is this important?
I apparently ticked the wrong box for free dental care before having a filling costing £51. I sent the paperwork in to show I was claiming Job Seekers allowance, (after being made redundant after 14 years as a civil servant) & 20 years in full time work.
I now have apparently fraudulently received free dental care (as I didn't read the small print) and now owe the NHS £200, £51 plus the £149 worth of charges.
I've only just got back into work and my husband lost his job at the same time and hasn't got regular work. We've got young children. We can't pay the government or another third-party agency £149 for sending out two letters and for me ticking the wrong box. Its just not fair. I didn't really understand the difference between the two allowances anyway and no one explained that I would not be entitled to free dental care. (but apparently it was in some small print).
Its just not fair on individuals who have no intention of defrauding the NHS and are just claiming Job Seekers Allowance (which they have paid in to). I'm now back in work (after 5 months unemployed) and would pay £51, but they won't accept that.
I now have apparently fraudulently received free dental care (as I didn't read the small print) and now owe the NHS £200, £51 plus the £149 worth of charges.
I've only just got back into work and my husband lost his job at the same time and hasn't got regular work. We've got young children. We can't pay the government or another third-party agency £149 for sending out two letters and for me ticking the wrong box. Its just not fair. I didn't really understand the difference between the two allowances anyway and no one explained that I would not be entitled to free dental care. (but apparently it was in some small print).
Its just not fair on individuals who have no intention of defrauding the NHS and are just claiming Job Seekers Allowance (which they have paid in to). I'm now back in work (after 5 months unemployed) and would pay £51, but they won't accept that.
