HC Deb 23 September 1948 vol 456 c146W
82. Mr. Baird

asked the Minister of Health when dentists who have accepted service under the National Health Service can expect to receive payment for treatment carried out in July and August.

Mr. Bevan

All dentists should by now have been paid for work submitted for payment in July and many for part or most of August. Regular monthly payments will be made.

Mr. Driberg

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the hardship caused to dentists who have entered the National Health Service by the delay in paying their fees for work done in July; and if he has been able to make special arrangements for interim advance payments to cover this initial period during which such dentists have derived little or no income from the formerly usual sources.

Mr. Bevan

All dentists should by now have been paid for work submitted for payment in July and many for part or most of August. Regular monthly payments will be made, and the complications involved in making payments on account would only delay these.