There's a rather interesting story in this mornig's Daily Telegraph about the weird charging system for NHS dentistry. When you have work done on the NHS prices are banded at fixed rates. If you need one to six fillings for example it costs £43.60. Not a penny more, not a penny less.
The thing is, if you only need the one filling, and you go private, you'll probably only pay about £30-£35. Equally, at the higher end, crowns, dentures and bridge work costs the patient £194 on the NHS. My own bridge, done privately, cost £180.
The moral of the story seems to be that when you need work done find out how much the private charge will be first.
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So do the dentists make more money when doing work for the taxpayer or is the extra cost the price of doing the paperwork?
I read that as "going pirate".
Don't forget its "talk like a pirate day" on 19th September and they actually have a website to give advice.
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
Going pirate ... funny! I couldn't stop laughing ... so many applications....
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