Dentists

 

My dentist used to be NHS and has now gone private. I go a couple of times a year and get very good service at a very affordable price. In fact I pay only a few pounds more than I did when he was NHS. My dentist has told me that he has made considerable cost savings by going private and he has passed much on to his clients.

I would think that a much better system, would be to go to the one used by opticians. Effectively, this is now outside of the NHS and everybody gets a better service with lots of choice. Competition holds down prices. Obviously, for the elderly, the young and those on benefits a system would still need to be created, but this could be paid for by streamlining the dental service and removing levels of unnecessary admin staff.