§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons dentists are not required to provide patients with an itemised invoice for all dental work. [18445]
§ Mr. MaloneFor most courses of dental treatment, including those involving laboratory work, dentists are required, under their terms of service, to provide treatment plans for patients, detailing the treatment they require and the likely cost. Dentists are also required by regulations to issue a receipt for the amount of the national health service charge the patients have paid.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons he rejected the Health Committee's recommendations in its fourth report of Session 1992–93 on dental services (HC264) that laboratory fees should be ring-fenced. [18493]
§ Mr. MaloneI refer the hon. Member to paragraph 47 of the Government response to the fourth report from the Health Select Committee, Session 1992–93, published in August 1993 as Cm 2308.