Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
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