Ninth Report - NHS dentistry

Select Committee
Health and Social Care Committee HC 964 14 July 2023
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 26 items (15 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 26 of 26 classified)
Accepted 13
Accepted in Part 7
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 2
Rejected 1
Government response
First Special Report - NHS Dentistry: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2022–23 · published 13 Dec 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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6 Conclusion Rejected
Para 39
NHS England's interventions on under-delivering providers welcomed; urgent flexible funding required
Conclusion
We also welcome measures by NHS England to intervene on providers who are under-delivering on contracted NHS activity. We look forward to an update on how this work is progressing. We welcome this funding being used flexibly, however there cannot … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government explicitly rejects a recommendation to introduce patient registration, which was not made in this conclusion. The response then outlines existing information on patient choice and practice availability, and commits to commissioning a dental workforce survey by early 2024 and publishing monthly data on local NHS dental activity.
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