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<p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the
needs of the local population. Many of the dentistry commissioning functions undertaken
by NHS England will transfer to integrated care boards from April 2023. NHS England
has made available to commissioners an Assurance Framework to provide assurances on
commissioning.</p><p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which
sets out how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to National Health
Service dental care, including in Huddersfield, whilst making the NHS dental contract
more attractive to dental practices.</p><p>These changes have been implemented, including
through regulations that came into effect on 25 November 2022. This includes enabling
commissioning of up to 110% of contracted Units of Dental Activities to increase NHS
care, fairer remuneration for practices providing complex treatment within current
Band 2 treatments and removing barriers around use of staff skills mix in NHS dentistry.
We have also worked with the General Dental Council on legislative proposals to allow
the regulator greater flexibility to expand the registration options open to international
dentists.</p><p>NHS England is holding further discussions with the British Dental
Association and other stakeholders for additional reforms of the NHS Dental System
planned to take place this year.</p>
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