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Interesting piece by Prof Jimmy Steele on the BBC website. Professor Jimmy Steele, author of the Government’s last dental review, says the over 40s are straining the NHS dentistry budget. Many of the complex procedures they want, like root canal and crowns, are not really “needed” and higher patient charges may allow the NHS toContinue reading “Should we pay more for dentistry?”

Interesting piece from The Wall Street Journal Why ‘Quality’ Care Is Dangerous The growing number of rigid protocols meant to guide doctors have perverse consequences. By JEROME GROOPMAN and PAMELA HARTZBAND The Obama administration is working with Congress to mandate that all Medicare payments be tied to “quality metrics.” But an analysis of this driveContinue reading “Why ‘Quality Care’ is dangerous”