Being the resident of the United Kingdom you must be well
aware of the relevance NHS regulations looking after the health issues of the
UK natives. But surprisingly in recent years there is a dynamic shift towards
the private doctors and clinics, which has become a matter of concern for the
government.
The major shift towards private clinics and doctors is witnessed in
the field of dental treatment. In fact it would not be wrong to say that even
the government officials now admit that the people of the country are shifting
towards private dental clinics, instead of NHS regulated hospitals and clinics.
Here, one thing which needs to mention is that although,
there is a decline in the shift of people towards oral treatment as offered by
the NHS dentists, but still there
are lots of people who have faith in these doctors and they do not prefer to
visit any private clinic. Going through this concern, let us try to find out
the major difference between both the private and NHS dentists.
Anyhow, before proceeding ahead, let me make one
point clear that if compared to academic qualification, both the dentists are
equally qualified and receive the same certificate from the regulating
authorities controlling the working of dentists within the boundaries of the
United Kingdom.
Let us now check the
reason of shift:
1. The most important reason due to which the people shift
towards private dentists is individual attention to each patient according to
his problem. An interesting feature of private clinics is that here you can
find a separate dentist for each problem and therefore considering the patient
of each dentist, they are directed directly to his room. On the contrary, if
you visit an NHS certified clinic, you will notice a huge crowd standing in
front of the dentist’s room waiting for their turn.
2. The second important reason for a shift towards private
clinics is a presence of an emergency dentist. As a general practice if you
visit any of the NHS regulated clinic’s you will notice that if there is any
patient who requires an urgent treatment due to any type of issue, he has to
wait for his turn, due to a huge number of patients already waiting for their
turn to come. Whereas, this is not in privately operated clinics. These clinics
have a team of dentists dedicated especially to the patients requiring an
urgent dental care.
3. The third reasons which seem to be responsible for a
shift towards private dentists are their availability throughout the day, even
on holidays. You will agree that an emergency can happen any time, as the NHS
clinics operate for specific hours of the day during the week, the patients
requiring any type of urgent treatment could not find the dentists available in
the clinic during the odd hours.
4. Moving ahead, the atmosphere inside the private clinics
is more hygienic as compared to the NHS clinics. Going through the health
concern of the patients the private clinics pay specific attention towards the
cleanliness. Whereas this is not with the NHS clinics.
5. One more important factor that draws a line of difference
between both these dentists is that the dentists in NHS start their treatment
without discussing the other problems of the patients. In short, these dentists
are only concerned towards finishing their target. On the other side, the
dentists of private clinics adopt a holistic approach towards the patients and
discuss the problems associated with anxiety and other issues. After, providing
a solution to those problems they start the treatment, and even then they tell
the process of treatment to the patient, so that if he has any doubts, then
those can be cleared prior to the treatment.
6. Apart from the above-mentioned reasons, the absence of
sufficient equipment in NHS clinics is also an important reason due to which
patients prefer to visit the private dentist. As the budget of NHS clinics is
determined by the government authorities, they are free to invest money in
buying machines and equipment according to that budget. On the other side,
there is no such stagnation with the private clinics. As these clinics are
privately owned by the renowned dentists, they do not hesitate in keeping their
machines updated according to the requirement of the patients, so that does not
move to another clinic.
In simple words it can be said, that going through all these
reasons the patients are now shifting towards privately owned clinics, and
therefore to encourage the people again towards NHS dentist clinics the
authorities should try to overcome the above-mentioned issues at the earliest.
