Large numbers of people are going without dental treatment and some even report extracting their own teeth because they cannot find an NHS dentist in their area, a survey reveals today.
The Dentistry Watch survey of more than 5,000 people, from the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, found widespread unhappiness among both patients and dentists despite government reforms to increase the availability of NHS dentistry. More than three-quarters of those who have a private dentist consider they were forced into it because their own dentist went private or they could not find an NHS dentist.
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Brits pull own teeth
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stocks
, Oct 21 2007 08:21 AM
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stocks
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Posted 21 October 2007 - 08:21 AM
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 21 October 2007 - 11:01 PM
When health care is free the lines get long, governments tighten budgets and people often can't get care without breaking the law or leaving the country.
Nothing worth having is free is it?
I've heard that many Brits pay high taxes for "free" health care then buy a private health insurance plan. 
Edited by Rogerdodger, 21 October 2007 - 11:04 PM.
"Nature's Failure to Function in a 'Predictable Way'... 500 years ago?"
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
