HC Deb 13 July 1971 vol 821 c45W
35. Dr. Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will take steps to ensure that dental patients under the National Health Service are aware of the cost to themselves of particular courses of treatment before the treatment begins.

Sir K. Joseph

Dentists have been asked to give this information to their patients, and it has been suggested to them that, if the nature of the treatment is such that they cannot tell a patient before hand the precise amount of the charge, they should explain the position to him and give him the best estimate they can as soon as possible.