Dental Services: Children
(asked on 6th December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of hospital admission for a child having teeth extracted under general anaesthetic.
The table below shows the average cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing tooth extractions for patients aged 18 years and under during 2014/15.
Healthcare Resource Group Code | Healthcare Resource Group description | Unit Cost (£) |
CD06B | Extraction of Multiple Teeth, 18 years and under | 834 |
CD07B | Minor Extraction of Tooth, 18 years and under | 439 |
Source: Reference costs, Department of Health
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-reference-costs-2014-to-2015