Opinion: To the point - The healthcare we neglect

Nursery World, 24 January 2008

School dental services are in urgent need of attention, says Pat Wills.

'I wish I'd looked after me teeth, as they foam in the waters beneath ...' A line from Pam Ayres in the 1970s comes to mind as I sit in the dentist's chair. I know that, like many others, there are far better places I would like to be. Even harder is listening to patients being told that their total bill is as much as £400, and how they struggle to pay even in small instalments. Enrolling new children at school reinforces how few have ever had their...

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