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<p>We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to increase levels of dental
activity as fast as is safely possible. Contractual arrangements for the first six
months of the 2021/22 financial year have been introduced by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
The revised unit of dental activity threshold set at 60% is based on data that indicates
practices may now have capacity to safely achieve more dental activity. Arrangements
will be monitored on a monthly basis and are expected to be in place for six months
in order to provide increased stability for dental practices. National Health Service
commissioners have the discretion to make exceptions, for instance in cases where
a dental practice has been impacted by staff being required to self-isolate.</p><p>
</p><p>We are working to address oral health inequalities. NHS England and NHS Improvement
have provided local commissioners with a flexible commissioning toolkit to illustrate
how best to use current flexibilities in commissioning to target capacity on improving
access to urgent care and delivering care to high risk patient groups.</p>
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