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Holiday Opening and Dental Emergency Information – March 2024
SpaDental wishes all of our patients a happy and safe holiday season. We hope you won’t have a dental problem as no-one wants to spend a holiday weekend seeing their dentist in a professional capacity. But here is some handy information, just in case. The NHS advice is to only visit A&E for dental care in…
Read more »Will dental treatment abroad leave a smile on my face?
Dental treatment abroad usually falls into two categories. Either: Patients who plan a trip specifically for a particular procedure because the prices are cheaper than where they live. Or: People tempted to make spur of the moment decisions to undergo a procedure, because it’s an attractive idea at the time. In both cases, there can…
Read more »Understanding NHS dental charges from April 2024
Dentistry is one of the few NHS services where you have to pay a contribution towards the cost of your care. To help understand NHS dental charges each year, the information on this page explains what you may have to pay for your NHS dental treatment. Emergency dental treatment – £26.80 This covers emergency care…
Read more »NHS dental charges 2024-25 up by 4%
The government increases NHS fees by 4% on 1st April, 2024 For five years, the 2015 Spending Review committed to an annual uplift to patient charges of 5%. For two years and three months, since the last increase and the end of the Spending Review, there has not been an increase in charges. It was,…
Read more »Women in dentistry – 2024
The theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is #InspireInclusion. It’s a good time to look at the important role women play in dentistry. Opportunities for women in dentistry Throughout the last century, most dentists were men. Indeed, if we look at the percentage of male to female dentists over 55, it’s still predominantly male. But…
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