Government to impose charges for dental and eye check-ups
Government to impose charges for dental and eye check-ups; CMS LANDER INTVW SOF
(Thinks those who are poor will not go for eye & dental checks)
"We expect that -- regular eye checks"
CMS PLAMPING INTVW SOF
(Evidence shows that people will avoid check-ups when there are charges)
"We seem to have -- are charges"
(INJ 26.8.87/ITN)
N IRELAND: Belfast:
CMS Dentist at work as nurse next - both wearing gloves
TCMS SIDE Nurse preparing injection & along away PAN L-R & sits next patient
TCMS Amalgam on glass plate as dentist lifts off with implement PAN L-R patient's
mouth
TMS Dentist at work in patient's mouth

LIB (R 25.11.87/ITN)
ENGLAND: London:
MS Eye test chart DEFOCUS man in side view wearing eye testing glasses
CS Eye testing glasses
CMS SIDE Man wearing eye test glasses as opthalmologist next
(End lib)

London: ITN:
CMS DAVID WILLETTS (Centre for Policy Studies) INTVW SOF
(Thinks those who can afford holidays & consumer goods can & should pay for dental & eye tests/those who are poor should be exempt)
"People in this -- all these exemptions"
LIB (R 25.10.88/ITN)
Westminster:
EXT
Westminster Hall as Big ben in b/g corner of Westminster Abbey in f/g
(End lib)

INT
CMS DAME JILL KNIGHT MP (Cons) INTVW SOF
(Worried about those unable to afford the cost of tests)
"I'm not worried -- thousands of them"
LIB (R 28.7.88/ITN)
Downing Street: No.10:
EXT
SIDE Kenneth Clarke MP (Health sec) along PAN R-L as into No 10 in BV
(End lib)
Westminster:
INT
CMS DAVID MELLOR MP (Health Min) INTVW SOF
(Clarke won't give way on charges proposal but will point out the high level of health spending)
"Well he certainly -- expenditure generally"
London: Refraction Hospital:
CMS ANDREW VEITCH I/C SOF & SIGN OFF
TX:31.10.88/C4N
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