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File:The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003-158).pdf
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.
The 1952 Act extended prescription charges issued by hospital out-patient departments; enacted further dental charges; enacted charges for hospital appliances and allowed local authorities to charge for the use of day nurseries. [3] People who received national assistance and their dependents were able to reclaim the cost of the prescription.
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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The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011 No. 168) The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Health and Social Care) Savings and Transitional Provisions (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011 No. 169)