Dental Treatment (Hansard, 16 July 1984)

§ Mr. Pavitt
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost of a General Dental Services non-priority patient and a non-priority patient receiving supplementary benefit.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
The average cost per course of dental treatment in England in 1983 was:
73W

£

Non-priority patients ^*29.53

Non-priority patients entitled to automatic remission of charges† ^*38.79

^* Excluding courses of treatment consisting only of examination, advice and report.

† This includes patients receiving supplementary benefit, family income supplement and free prescriptions or free milk and vitamins on grounds of low income.

§ Mr. Pavitt
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of non-priority patients complete courses of general dental services treatment for Item 1, the free examination, only.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
27.4 per cent. of courses of treatment given to non-priority patients in England in 1983 consisted only of examination, advice and report.

	£
Non-priority patients	^*29.53
Non-priority patients entitled to automatic remission of charges†	^*38.79
^* Excluding courses of treatment consisting only of examination, advice and report.
† This includes patients receiving supplementary benefit, family income supplement and free prescriptions or free milk and vitamins on grounds of low income.