Can't find an NHS dentist? Don't despair, it may soon be easier than you think. Private dentists, it seems, are flocking back to the fold
patient: Ł180 for just a few minutes' work?
dentist: I can extract it very slowly if you like.
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So-called co-payments – patients topping up their care with treatments not available on the NHS – have been banned by many Scottish health boards.
But the government has now admitted current guidance on the controversial issue is not clear and...
As the NHS celebrates its 60th birthday, June Shannonlooks at Ireland's contribution to Britain's...
Main Category: Public Health
Article Date: 02 Sep 2008 - 4:00 PDT
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The NHS is 60 this year and to mark the amazing care given by London's health care staff, The King's...
Background
The National Health Service is the name for the publicly-funded healthcare system in the United Kingdom. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each have a separate national public healthcare system. Three national services (for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) were established by separate pieces of legislation and began operating on 5 July 1948; prior to that date more limited public health services were operated by local authorities and other bodies. Responsibility for public health services in Wales passed to the Secretary of State for Wales in 1969. Though often collectively referred to as "the" National Health Service, each system operates independently and is politically accountable to the relevant devolved administration for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and to the UK government for England. Few matters are subject to common UK government control across all four of the current systems described in the articles:-
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