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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
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
Fixing NHS Dentistry
Report
21st Report - Fixing NHS Dentistry
04 Apr 2025
HC 648
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
1.2 yr
Report published
04 Apr 2025