NHS patients are cheated by £100m a year extra for their dental work
NHS patients are cheated by £100m a year extra for their dental work
By James Chapman
Last updated at 12:36 AM on 18th December 2008
Patients are being ripped off by more than £100million a year thanks to the Government's 'botched' reforms to NHS dentistry, figures suggest.
Loopholes in a new contract for dentists are being exploited so that patients are effectively being charged twice for what should be one course of treatment, critics say.
Dentists are accused of recalling healthy patients for checkups and splitting up courses of treatment unnecessarily. The Department of Health admits there is evidence that the tactic has become widespread since the introduction of the contract in April 2006.
Now data obtained from every primary care trust shows patients could have saved up to £109million in incorrect charges – almost a quarter of the £475million paid every year.............
By James Chapman
Last updated at 12:36 AM on 18th December 2008
Patients are being ripped off by more than £100million a year thanks to the Government's 'botched' reforms to NHS dentistry, figures suggest.
Loopholes in a new contract for dentists are being exploited so that patients are effectively being charged twice for what should be one course of treatment, critics say.
Dentists are accused of recalling healthy patients for checkups and splitting up courses of treatment unnecessarily. The Department of Health admits there is evidence that the tactic has become widespread since the introduction of the contract in April 2006.
Now data obtained from every primary care trust shows patients could have saved up to £109million in incorrect charges – almost a quarter of the £475million paid every year.............
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