NHS dentistry

Health and Social Care Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 7 Dec 2022 Closed: 30 May 2024 Parliament page
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an inquiry into dentistry following a survey that showed 90% of practices across the UK were not accepting new adult NHS patients. MPs will consider to what extent the current NHS dental contract disincentivises dentists from taking on new patients. They will … Read more
15 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
3 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 11 events
22 May
2024
Correspondence
19 Mar
2024
Oral evidence
19 Mar
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
13 Dec
2023
Report published
18 Oct
2023
Correspondence
18 Oct
2023
Correspondence
14 Jul
2023
Report published
25 Apr
2023
Oral evidence
25 Apr
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
21 Mar
2023
Oral evidence
21 Mar
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
19 Mar 2024
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Dr Amanda Doyle OBE · NHS England Jason Wong MBE · NHS England Rebecca Curtayne · Healthwatch England Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP · Department of Health and Social Care Shawn Charlwood · British Dental Association (BDA) General Dental Practice Committee Thea Stein · Nuffield Trust
25 Apr 2023
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Chris McCann · Healthwatch England Dr Amanda Doyle · NHS England Jo York · Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board Neil O'Brien MP · Department of Health and Social Care Sarah Fletcher · Healthwatch Lincolnshire Sara Hurley · NHS England
21 Mar 2023
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Dr Abhi Pal · College of General Dentisty Dr Sandra White · Association of Dental Groups Ian Brack · General Dental Council Malcolm Smith · Health Education England North East Professor Nick Barker · University of Essex Shawn Charlwood · British Dental Association (BDA) General Dental Practice Committee
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - NHS dentistry HC 964 14 Jul 2023 26 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
4 Conclusion Deferred
Ninth Report - NHS dentistry
Mandate practices to adhere to NICE recall guidelines and prevent automatic patient removal
Practices should abide by NICE recall guidelines of up to two years for most adult patients, recognising the need for more regular recall for some, but people should not automatically be removed from dentists’ registers of NHS patients without good … Read more
Government Response
The government accepts the recommendation but responds by detailing measures unrelated to NICE recall guidelines or patient registration. The response outlines NHS England's guidance on ringfencing dental allocations for ICBs in 2023/24 and measures to address underperforming contractors by rebasing contracts and recommissioning activity.
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10 Conclusion Deferred
Ninth Report - NHS dentistry
Reinstate requirement for patients to be registered with an NHS dentist
We uphold the recommendation from our predecessors’ 2008 report into Dental Services, that the Department should reinstate the requirement for patients to be registered with an NHS dentist. (Paragraph 55) Workforce
Government Response
The government reinterprets the recommendation to be about making best use of the wider dental team's skills, citing July 2022 guidance to enable dental therapists and hygienists to open treatment courses and a completed consultation on allowing them to supply/administer certain medicines without a prescription. They do not address the recommendation to reinstate patient registration.
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Government Response AI assessment · 26 of 15 classified
Accepted 13
Accepted in Part 7
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 2
Rejected 1
Total 15 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
22 May 2024 Parliamentary Under Secretary of Sate for Public Health on plans to recover and reform NHS Dentistry 10.05.24
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18 Oct 2023 Correspondence from the Chair to the Secretary of State, Steve Barclay MP, on the Department's response to the NHS Dentistry report 20.09.23
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18 Oct 2023 Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of Sate for primary Care and Public Health,Neil O'Brien MP, regarding the Committee's dentistry report 26.09.23
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