Smiles and Miles

UK ⇄ Türkiye · Health Travel Consultancy

Treatment in Türkiye, planned like a professional — not a gamble.

We publish independent, plain-English buyer's guides and offer one-to-one consultancy for UK patients considering dental, hair, cosmetic and diagnostic care in Türkiye. Know what to ask, what it should cost, and how to travel safely — before you book anything.

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Independent — we don't take clinic commissions on guides
Accreditation checklists: JCI, ISO & Turkish MoH licensing
Updated quarterly with current pricing benchmarks
Bilingual team — English & Turkish

The Guide Library

Whether you stay in the UK or fly to Türkiye — buyer's guides that pay for themselves in one avoided mistake.

Each guide is a practical dossier: verified pricing ranges, provider vetting checklists, question scripts, red flags and aftercare planning — written for UK patients making a real decision.

Türkiye Health Travel

Fly abroad · treatment guides

Dental · 68 pages

The Türkiye Dental Treatment Guide

  • Veneers vs crowns vs implants — what UK dentists say about each, honestly
  • 2026 price benchmarks per tooth, per clinic tier, per city
  • The 22-point clinic vetting checklist & consultation script
  • Aftercare plan and what to do if something goes wrong back home

£29instant PDF download

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The Complete Patient Library

All five Türkiye patient guides plus lifetime updates and our pre-trip checklist pack.

£121 £79

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UK Smart Patient Series

Stay in the UK · navigate the system

Private Care · 72 pages

The Self-Pay Surgery Guide

  • Fixed-price self-pay packages: what's really included
  • Consultant vs group vs corporate hospital — cost & quality trade-offs
  • Finance plans decoded: 0% vs interest-bearing, real APR
  • Common procedures with 2025/26 price ranges by region

£24instant PDF download

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Dental · 40 pages

The UK Dental Costs Guide

  • NHS dental bands (England) and devolved-nation differences
  • Finding an NHS dentist that's genuinely accepting patients
  • Private treatment plans: what's fair, what's inflated
  • Dental plans (Denplan et al) — value maths for your teeth

£15instant PDF download

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Insurance & Plans · 48 pages

The Health Cover Decoder

  • PMI, cash plans and hospital plans: what each really covers
  • Underwriting types: MHD, FMU and moratorium — what they mean
  • Common exclusions that surprise policyholders
  • Cash plans: routine dental, optical and physio maths

£19educational — not financial advice

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The Complete UK Smart Patient Library

All five UK Smart Patient guides — NHS navigation, self-pay surgery, private diagnostics, dental and health cover — plus lifetime updates.

£92 £59

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The Process

From first question to safe return — a mapped journey.

The guides are self-serve. If you want a human in your corner, our consultancy follows the same four stages.

STAGE 01

Research & shortlist

Use the guide for your procedure to build a shortlist of licensed, accredited providers and realistic budget ranges.

STAGE 02

Vet & verify

Run our checklists: surgeon registration, facility licences, anaesthesia setup, revision policy, written quotes.

STAGE 03

Book & travel

Flights, transfers, recovery-friendly hotels and a day-by-day treatment itinerary — planned before you fly.

STAGE 04

Aftercare at home

A structured handover for your UK GP or dentist, follow-up schedule, and what to do if you need support.

Why Türkiye

A world-scale health destination — when you choose well.

Türkiye is one of the largest medical tourism markets globally. The opportunity is real; so is the variance in quality. Our job is to help you land on the right side of it.

50–70%

Typical cost saving vs UK private care*

Driven by lower operating costs and exchange rates — not necessarily lower standards at accredited providers.

JCI

Dozens of internationally accredited hospitals

Türkiye has one of the highest counts of JCI-accredited facilities in the region. Accreditation is checkable — we show you how.

3h 50m

Closer than most people think

Direct flights from London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh make consultations and follow-ups genuinely practical.

Safety First

We'd rather lose a sale than see you book badly.

Every guide dedicates a full chapter to risk. Cheap can be excellent in Türkiye — but only when the fundamentals below are verified in writing. If a provider resists any of these checks, that's your answer.

Named, verifiable surgeonRegistration number with the Turkish Medical Association — checked before deposit, not after.
Licensed facility, right settingMinistry of Health licence, and hospital-grade settings for procedures under general anaesthesia.
Written quote & revision policyItemised costs, what's included, and what happens — and who pays — if a revision is needed.
Aftercare that follows you homeA UK handover letter, imaging on a USB or portal, and a named contact for post-op questions.

For Turkish Providers

Selling to UK patients is a compliance game. We speak both languages.

Clinics and hospitals: the UK is your highest-value inbound market, and the easiest one to get wrong. Our consultancy helps you build a UK patient pipeline that regulators, and patients, can trust.

UK Market Entry Audit

We review your website, ad creative, pricing claims and patient journey against UK ASA/CAP advertising rules and UK GDPR — then hand you a prioritised fix list.

Patient Funnel Build

English-language landing pages, enquiry handling scripts and WhatsApp-to-booking flows designed for how UK patients actually research and decide.

Retainer Advisory

Ongoing UK market intelligence, quarterly compliance reviews and conversion optimisation — a UK desk without the UK payroll.

Questions

Asked before every booking.

Are the guides independent, or are you selling for clinics?

The patient guides are fully independent — no clinic pays to appear in them and we take no commission on guide sales. Our B2B consultancy for clinics is a separate service and is clearly labelled as such.

Is treatment in Türkiye actually safe?

At accredited, properly licensed providers with named surgeons, outcomes are comparable to private care in Western Europe. The risk sits in the long tail of unlicensed or technician-run operations — which is exactly what our vetting checklists are designed to filter out.

Do the guides replace medical advice?

No. The guides are consumer research and travel-planning resources, not medical advice. We always recommend discussing any planned procedure with your UK GP or dentist before and after treatment.

What if something goes wrong after I get home?

Every guide includes an aftercare chapter: how to secure a written revision policy before you pay, what your UK options are, and how travel insurance and medical complications cover interact with elective treatment abroad.

Can you plan the whole trip for me?

Yes — our concierge consultancy covers clinic shortlisting, quote reviews, travel and recovery logistics, and a written aftercare plan. Start with a 30-minute consultation and we'll scope what you need.

Do the homework once. Properly.

Start with the guide for your procedure, or talk to us first — either way, you'll fly out knowing exactly what you've bought and why.

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