Posts Tagged ‘prescription charges’
NHS Dental Costs to Increase in April
The Department of Health has confirmed that dental costs and prescription charges in England will increase on April 1st. As of April 1st the cost of basic band 1 dental treatments will increase by 50 pence to £17.50, band 2 treatments increase by £1 to £48 and band 3 treatments, the most complex services available […]
Dental charges to go up in England
Ministers have confirmed that prescription fees and dental charges will increase, just days after it was revealed that dental charges will be frozen in Wales and prescription charges will be scrapped in Scotland. The announcement has been greeted with anger, with many people questioning the equality of a different fee scale for different parts of […]
Prescription charges may be reintroduced to fund dental care in Jersey
A senator in Jersey is pushing for the reintroduction of prescription charges to fund dental and medical care for people on a low income. Senator Alan Breckon said that the money raised from prescription charges would be used to help low earners pay for medical care and assist the less well-off with dental costs. Financial […]
