[Neil]

They should be charged for wasting time. The dentist only gets paid for treating people. If people dont turn up for appointments the dentist does not make money. Guess what happens when the dentist cant make enough money working under the NHS? You guessed it, they go private.

Should we not end private healthcare altogether. Then all dentists and doctors would work for the NHS and be paid a wage like everyone else, not paid for number of clients seen as dentist are at the moment.