The authors recognise that “since 2013, dental care professionals (DCPs) have been able to work privately to their full scope of practice, providing direct access to patients without people needing to see a dentist first.”
To coincide with the 2022/23 contract reforms “NHS England is satisfied that dental therapists (DTs) and dental hygienists (DHs) can provide direct access to NHS care where that care is within the GDC scope of practice, if they are qualified, competent, and indemnified to do so.”
They also announced that the skill mix guidance has been published which “clarifies a number of the misunderstandings that previously existed.”
Skill mix in NHS general dental practice - changes to the FP17 claim form
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