Wealthy Brit To Introduce Drive In Dental Clinics

Mon, 29 Oct 2007

New plans for the introduction of a series of drive-in dental clinics have been announced by a British multi- millionaire in a bid to help solve the current shortage of dentists in the UK .

Judith Wilson aims to eventually open a dental clinic every 100 miles throughout the nation so that no patient has to travel more than 50 miles in order to receive treatment .

Speaking to a Sunday newspaper, she explained: "It makes more sense for a Polish dentist to come to England than scores of English people to travel daily to eastern Europe for the same treatment ."

"It is easier on the pocket and easier on the environment if one dentist travels one way rather than many dental patients two ways."

The former maths teacher, who along with husband Fergus is one of the Britain’s largest private housing landlords, revealed she saw a business opportunity when she read reports of an increase in ‘dental tourism' – a process of British residents flying out on trips to Eastern Europe to receive more affordable dental treatment than in the UK .

She added: "The NHS cannot cope and, without attaching blame to anyone, we have a fire brigade situation which the country needs to resolve."

"I will be writing to Gordon Brown and David Cameron to seek their cooperation so that we can work together on this project."

Wilson said there would be 500 treatment rooms nationwide to begin with, which would probably be staffed by around 1,800 East European dentists .

The first drive-in dental treatment centre in the UK is to open in Maidstone, Kent .
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