OFT continues health market investigations with dental probe

It said the market study will examine whether the private and NHS dentistry markets are working well for patients. The OFT is already in the midst of reviewing the private healthcare market, from which it published interim results last month that suggested the market was ‘not working well for consumers'. A recent COVER Breakfast Briefing sponsored by Denplan heard that many employees and employers are looking more readily at purchasing dental cash plans. This is often due to the increasing difficulty in obtaining NHS treatment and soaring costs of private care that many people are ...