Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Which is part of the problem imo. For whatever reason, and Swale has touched on them, we have a situation where commercial interest now takes priority over compassion/health interests even where medical/dental matters are concerned.

It’s been happening for a while. About a decade ago I was unfortunate enough to need root canal while on holiday in southern Spain. I was seen within the hour, treated at an excellent German/Spanish practice and charged around €350 for the two necessary visits. About a year earlier I’d needed the same procedure (on a different tooth!) which I had done in Mickleover…the charge was the wrong side of £450. ‘Rip off Britain’ or just a loss of the values of decency and compassion that health providers should be synonymous with and a sign of the times?
I tend to agree with you rather than GP, based only on personal experience