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Recommendation 20
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Additional dental recovery plan costs deemed affordable due to significant budget underspends
Conclusion
The £200 million assumed cost of the dental recovery plan was to be drawn from expected underspends in the dental budget for 2024–25.57 As there was an under–spend of £392 million in 2023–24, NHSE and DHSC said that this additional cost would be affordable within the overall dental budget, and was not material to the delivery of the plan.58
Government Response
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