Living in the fastest growing town in the UK has its problems. Government spending tends to be based on census data from 2001 when the population was much smaller.
Getting access to public services tends to present real problems as a smaller budget per person tends to be allocated than for other parts of the country. In addition, a growing population tends to have a higher proportion of children. And these tend to absorb disportionate amounts of heath and education spending. This problem is extremely evident when it comes to accessing a dentist. Children get priority and therefore ordinary adults have to go to the back of the queue.
NHS dental treatment is extremely scarce in the local area and many people are driven by necessity to private dental treatment. The interesting thing is the contrast between optician and dental services. Dental treatment gets more and more expensive and yet competition between opticians is driving down the prices of spectacles and sight testing.
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