NHS Band Charge Checker.
An app idea for dental clinics.
A quick checker that shows the correct patient charge band for a proposed treatment plan, built for UK dental practices that keep getting band disputes.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Practice manager in a UK NHS dental practice
- The problem
- Patients dispute the band they were charged. The practice manager has to explain the banding rules again and again, and a wrong band can become a complaint to the ombudsman.
- The gap
- The banding rules are public and the practice management software holds the fees, but nothing in the results shows a simple checker that takes a proposed treatment plan and returns the correct band with the reason. The ombudsman says patients are confused and dentists must communicate costs clearly, which is a paperwor
- Already out there
- Software of Excellence EXACT help.softwareofexcellence.com
Holds NHS England and Wales banding and fees and updates them when fees change. It stores the fees, it does not check a proposed plan and explain the band to the patient.
- NHSBSA nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Official page listing the three charge bands and what each covers. Reference material, not a practice tool.
- Software of Excellence EXACT help.softwareofexcellence.com
- People asking for it
- NHS dentist, potential wrong band charges reddit.com
A patient questions whether they were put in the wrong band.
- Overcharged by NHS Dentist? reddit.com
A patient describes paying a large sum and considering a complaint about the charge.
- What does our work say about NHS dental charging ombudsman.org.uk
The ombudsman says patients are confused about dental charging and dentists should write options and costs in a treatment plan.
- NHS dentist, potential wrong band charges reddit.com
- The big assumption
- UK practice managers will pay for a separate checker when the banding rules are already in their practice management software and on the NHS website.
- Test it this week
- Show ten UK practice managers a paper version of the checker with five real treatment plans and ask whether they would use it before quoting a patient, and whether they would pay for it. Watch whether they reach for it during a real consultation.
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