Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Accepted in Part
Urgently implement fundamental dental contract reform to address access crisis
Recommendation
Fundamental reform of the dental contract is essential and must be urgently implemented, not only to address the crisis of access in the short-term, but to ensure a more sustainable, equitable and prevention-focussed system for the future. We are concerned that any further delay will lead to more dentists leaving the NHS and exacerbate the issues patients are experiencing with accessing services. (Paragraph 50) 34 NHS dentistry
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts the recommendation for fundamental reform, committing to build on existing contractual changes and work on further reforms to the 2006 contract, though they rejected a previously piloted capitation model due to its identified shortcomings.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 13 December 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗