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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan published on 7 January 2019, set out a 10-year strategy
for the National Health Service. It sets out how the NHS will spend the £33.9 billion
cash terms annual increase going into the NHS budget by 2023/24.</p><p>It is for NHS
England and NHS Improvement to make decisions about how to prioritise the how they
meet the Long Term Plans commitments on dentistry from within the total settlement.</p><p>Over
the NHS Long Term Plan period, to 2023/24, NHS England and NHS Improvement’s commissioning
allocations for dental services are planned to increase to cover population growth,
increasing demand for services and inflationary cost pressures.</p><p>NHS England
and NHS Improvement are working closely with the Department to introduce a new NHS
dental contract that will focus on achieving good oral health and increasing access
to NHS dentistry, with a particular focus on improving the oral health of children,
which are all key deliverables of the Long Term Plan.</p>
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