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File:The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003-158).pdf
The Scottish Dental Practice Board was created on 1 April 1989. It was previously called the Scottish Dental Estimates Board. It is statutorily responsible for the fees (but not allowances) authorised to dentists by Practitioner Services. A computerised payments system is operated for the board by NHS National Services Scotland. It also ...
When the NHS was established in July 1948 dental treatment was free. Demand on the service was enormous. About a quarter of the dentists joined the NHS and by November 1948 83% had joined. Dental health in the UK was worse than that of Germany. In the first nine months of the NHS 4.5 million teeth were removed and 4.2 million teeth were filled.
An Act to make further provision with respect to the making and recovery of charges in respect of services provided under the National Health Service Act, 1946 and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947; and for purposes connected therewith. Citation: 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 25: Dates; Royal assent: 22 May 1952: Other ...
The £200m rescue package to increase access to NHS dentistry this year is not on track, a spending watchdog says. The dental recovery plan published by the Conservative government in February set ...
The NHS in Scotland does have some services provided by the NHS in England – such as NHS Business Services Authority, which processes the payment of dental, optical and pharmacy vouchers and negotiates with pharmaceutical suppliers to negotiate prices per-item down. The costs for the medicines consumed is borne by the health board that ...
However, people may be exempt from charges in various exemption categories. Charges were abolished by NHS Wales in 2007, Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland in 2010 and by NHS Scotland in 2011. In 2010/11, in England, £450 million was raised through these charges, some 0.5% of the total NHS budget. [1]
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