Patients going to GP with toothache cost NHS £26 million
The Times reports that hundreds of thousands of GP appointments are being taken by patients with toothache as they try to avoid rising fees for NHS dentists. The article, co-written by health editor Chris Smyth and GDP, Neel Kothari, says that data from a study of 280,000 GP consultations over ‘tooth problems’ was used to estimate that 600,000 appointments a year are made by patients seeking dental care, costing the NHS more than £26 million a year.
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