On 30/06/2016 09:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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

My NHS dentist certainly didn't rush stuff.

and done on the cheap.

There are more expensive treatments available in private practice so I
suppose someone that has a grudge could say the NHS stuff is done on the
cheap.
Stuff like verneers and implants aren't generally available as NHS
treatment and are bloody expensive as a result. I dare say if they were
available on the NHS they would be cheaper in private practice too.


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