NHS Update - 2022/23 dental contract negotiations

The update opened by explaining the key changes, “The changes announced today address many of the challenges voiced by frontline dental teams and will make a real difference to patients. With a shift in the emphasis of financial reward and a re-orientation of clinical activity to those patients that need it most we are focused on improving access to NHS dental care and our support for our valued dental teams.”

Abhi Pal, president of the College of General Dentistry said, “While the NHS dental contract in England needs fundamental reform, we welcome these significant improvements. In particular, the removal of unnecessary restrictions on the roles played by members of the wider dental team, the direction of more resource to the treatment of patients with greater needs, and the potential for practices to deliver additional care so that all funding allocated to dentistry is used for its intended purpose.”