Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 13
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The 2024 dental recovery plan introduced four distinct headline initiatives
Conclusion
The 2024 dental recovery plan included four headline initiatives, which aimed to provide an additional 1.5 million courses of treatment at a cost of £200 million in 2024–25.34 Funding for these initiatives would be drawn from anticipated underspends in the 2024–25 dental budget.35 These initiatives were: • the new patient premium (NPP): in 2024–25, participating practices could receive a credit of UDAs equivalent to £15 or £50 for each eligible new patient they saw (depending on the complexity of the treatment); • ‘golden hello’ payments to dentists: incentive payments of £20,000 (paid over three years from 2024–25) for 240 dentists; • uplift to the minimum value of a UDA: the new minimum UDA value would be £28 rather than £23; and • mobile dental vans: mobile units to deliver treatments in targeted communities.36
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗