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• Equity is already a myth

  Since ‘patient choice' is the oft-repeated slogan of the DoH, it seems only right that the ban on topping up NHS care, by paying for drugs not available on the health service, is being lifted . Existing rules mean that people are excluded from the... Posted Nov 05 2008, 03:42 AM by Sarah Wild with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: patient choice, access, top-up fees

• When toothache becomes a headache for health professionals

  On the face of it, keeping one's own teeth long into old age sounds like a good thing. However, according to Help the Aged, improvements in dental care (which mean that fewer people have false teeth) are actually causing problems for older people... Posted Oct 31 2008, 03:15 AM by Sarah Wild with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: workload, dentists, access