It cant be a pleasant job bending over and breathing in someone's halitosis every day. I am a bit surprised and quite grateful that our dentist hasnt got round to going private yet.
If you can earn more money and work only half as much, then its only sensible to go private. Its a basic management issue that the government hasnt learned. If you give more money to someone who is already earning what he thinks is sufficient, you will usually get less work. That was Blair's error with the doctors and the reason why so many retired early and others went part time after his huge pay rise. In the case of dentists, patient costs to go private are smaller than medical costs would be so the private option is more open than it is with doctors.
