MEDICAL

Doctors: As soon as you settle in the UK, and have a fixed address, you will go find your local doctor and register with them. 

https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/gps/how-to-register-with-a-gp-practice/ 

Everything is NHS of course, so no money changes hands, except for scripts where you pay about £9 per item. 

So, if you require more than 2 prescribed meds a month, then check out Prepayment Certificates: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/prescription-prepayment-certificates-ppcs

Dentists, similarly, you register with them, but not so free.

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-Dentist

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