It would be useful if NHS appointments (in the portal) could have a private price set on top of NHS banding - so we can offer hygiene along with an NHS checkup in the same appointment.
This would give use better control of appointment times and pricing.
For NHS practices with a UDA treadmill, time efficiency is essential.
Currently patients can “book together” - but if an NHS checkup is 15 minutes we don’t need a full 20 minute hygiene slot ...maybe just an additional 5-10 minutes. We could also charge a reduced price for hygiene booked with a checkup.
Current workaround would be to make a sperate “Hygiene booked with checkup” hygiene appointment and rely on patients to make the right selection and not book it as a standalone appointment - which they inevitably will.