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Ninth Report - NHS dentistry
Health and Social Care Committee
HC 964
Published 14 July 2023
Government response
First Special Report - NHS Dentistry: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2022–23 · published 13 Dec 2023
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Rejected
Para 39
NHS England's interventions on under-delivering providers welcomed; urgent flexible funding required
Conclusion
We also welcome measures by NHS England to intervene on providers who are under-delivering on contracted NHS activity. We look forward to an update on how this work is progressing. We welcome this funding being used flexibly, however there cannot …
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Government Response Summary
The government explicitly rejects a recommendation to introduce patient registration, which was not made in this conclusion. The response then outlines existing information on patient choice and practice availability, and commits to commissioning a dental workforce survey by early 2024 and publishing monthly data on local NHS dental activity.
Department of Health and Social Care
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