HC Deb 22 April 1986 vol 96 c137W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 25 March, Official Report, column 446, if he will give reasons for his refusal to institute a review into the extent to which dental treatment is dictated by the assessment of the patient's ability to pay rather than by the dentist's clinical judgment.

Mr. Hayhoe

There is no reason why dental treatment should be dictated by ability to pay, since National Health Service dental charges have to be paid only by people who can afford them.

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