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In Scotland and Northern Ireland, the system works differently and relies upon a mix of capitation payments alongside Item of Service charges. An examination in Scotland is free of charge to the patient, but pays the dentist £8.10. For most other items of treatment, the patient charge is set at 80% of the total fee. [32]
File:The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003-158).pdf
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.
Charges for prescriptions for medicines and some medical appliances are payable by adults in England under the age of 60. 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.
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". [ 2 ]
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 ...
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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. [1] A computerised payments system is operated for the board by NHS National Services Scotland. It also ...