On 30/06/16 01:33, James Wilkinson wrote:
They tried to get around that with dentistry, by having fixed prices per
'operation' The trouble with THAT though is that it leads to rushed
work, and cheap materials. And takes no account of local costs of living
for dentists.

No easy fix, sadly

Dunno what the story is with dentistry - semi funded by the NHS?

Yes. You can register with te NHS which will pay you as a dentist a
fixed price to do certain classes of work, essentially those that are
'health' rather than 'cosmetic'

But there is very little meat in there, so if it is pure NHS work its
rushed and done on the cheap.

According to my dentist niece, who worked in the NHS dentist for a while.


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