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Fixing NHS Dentistry

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Jan 2025 Closed: 16 Jun 2025 1 recommendation 32 conclusions 1 report

Two-fifths of the adult population in England saw an NHS dentist in the 24 months up to March 2024 – this is down from just under half of the adult population pre-pandemic. There were 483 fewer dentists providing some NHS care in England in 2023-24 compared with 2019-20. The previous Government published its Dental Recovery …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
21st Report - Fixing NHS Dentistry HC 648 4 Apr 2025 33 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
6 Conclusion 21st Report - Fixing NHS Dentistry Acknowledged

Publish dental graduate tie-in response and outline plans to attract and retain NHS dental professionals.

Without a workforce sufficiently supported to deliver NHS dental care, there will be no future for NHS dentistry and DHSC and NHSE have not yet done enough to address workforce issues. The total number of dentists delivering some NHS dental care is in decline and NHSE data showed that in …

Government response. The government states work is underway to reform the dental contract and will consider improvements to incentivize NHS care, including greater use of the wider dental team. They will publish a refreshed long-term workforce plan in Summer 2025, which will …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
13 Feb 2025 Ali Sparke · NHS England, Amanda Pritchard · NHS England, Jason Wong MBE · NHS England, Jonathan Marron CB · Department of Health and Social Care, Sir Chris Whitty · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
8 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the National Director for Primary Care and Community Services at NH…
1 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from the National Director for Primary Care and Community Services at NH…
27 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from the Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Soc…
13 Feb 2025 To cttee Letter from the Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Soc…