Dental Recovery Plan
Patients will benefit from millions more NHS dental appointments over the next year, thanks to a plan to ensure easier and faster access to NHS dental care across England. Under the plans, supported by £200m of government funding, NHS dentists will be given a ‘new patient’ payment of between £15-£50 (depending on treatment need) to treat around a million new patients who have not seen an NHS dentist in two years or more. The plan could see up to 2.5 million additional NHS dental appointments delivered for patients over the next 12 months, including up to 1.5 million extra treatments being delivered.