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1698092

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts have been handed back 7 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	20072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Monthly data on the Units of Dental Activity (UDA) delivered is published by the NHS Business Services Authority, although this data has an approximate two-month time lag, and therefore we expect data for February 2024 to be published around Mid-May. Otherwise, UDA delivery data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity" target="_blank">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20073 20074 20075 question first answered 28/03/2024 13:58:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1698093

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts have been changed following a request from dental practices since 7 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	20073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Monthly data on the Units of Dental Activity (UDA) delivered is published by the NHS Business Services Authority, although this data has an approximate two-month time lag, and therefore we expect data for February 2024 to be published around Mid-May. Otherwise, UDA delivery data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity" target="_blank">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20072 20074 20075 question first answered 28/03/2024 13:58:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1698095

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of dental practices that have announced that they plan to withdraw from NHS contracts since 7 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	20075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Monthly data on the Units of Dental Activity (UDA) delivered is published by the NHS Business Services Authority, although this data has an approximate two-month time lag, and therefore we expect data for February 2024 to be published around Mid-May. Otherwise, UDA delivery data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity" target="_blank">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20072 20073 20074 question first answered 28/03/2024 13:58:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1695404

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices handed back their NHS contract in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	18082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. This included the transfer of all funding, Units of Dental Activity, and the management responsibility for National Health Service dentistry.</p><p>As set out in Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, we are working on further reforms to the 2006 contract, in discussion with the dental profession, to properly reflect the care needed by different patients, and more fairly remunerate practices. We expect to develop options for consultation with the dental profession in advance of a further announcement later this year. Any changes would be phased in from 2025 onwards. We do not hold data centrally on how many dental practices handed back their NHS contract in 2021, 2022 and 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/03/2024 15:17:34 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1691141

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her policy to continue reforms to the 2006 dental contract.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	15225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>As set out in Faster, simpler, fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, we are working on further reforms to the 2006 contract, in discussion with the dental profession, to properly reflect the care needed by different patients, and more fairly remunerate practices. We expect to develop options for consultation with the dental profession in advance of a further announcement later this year. Any changes would be phased in from 2025 onwards.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/02/2024 17:55:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1690961

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform NHS dental contracts to ensure that they prioritise prevention.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL2681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. This included the transfer of all funding, Units of Dental Activity, and the management responsibility for National Health Service dentistry.</p><p>The current NHS dental contract already requires dental services to provide preventative care and treatment. To support dentists with this, NHS England and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have produced a comprehensive toolkit for dentists, providing evidence-based interventions and advice on how dental health professionals can improve and maintain their patient’s oral health. This guidance is available on the GOV.UK website, in an online-only format.</p><p>As set out in <em>Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, </em>we are working on further reforms to the 2006 contract, in discussion with the dental profession, to properly reflect the care needed by different patients, and more fairly remunerate practices. We expect to develop options for consultation with the dental profession in advance of a further announcement later this year. Any changes would be phased in from 2025 onwards. The plan also includes a range of measures which will prevent poor oral health, particularly in the youngest children, including dental teams providing preventative advice and treatment to reception-age children in the most under-served areas, and a new Smile for Life programme which will provide education and advice for nurseries and other early years settings.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 05/03/2024 12:41:23 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1690078

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of how many people will be eligible under the premium for patients who have not seen a dentist in over two years; and if she will publish the modelling to determine the level at which payments should be set to incentivise dentists to treat patients with (a) simple and (b) more complex needs.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	14669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>As announced on 7 February 2024 in our plan to recover and reform National Health Service dentistry, to help services recover from the pandemic, we will offer dental practices an additional payment for each new patient requiring treatment. The scheme will start from 1 March 2024 and run for 13 months, making it faster and simpler for new patients to access NHS dental care. The purposes of this scheme will be to support anyone who has not been able to receive NHS dental care in the preceding two years. These payments will support dentists in treating approximately one million new patients.</p><p>The payment level, of either £15 or £50, depends on the treatment required, and recognises the additional time that may be needed for practices to assess, stabilise and manage the oral health needs of patients who have not received NHS dental care for a significant period. The £50 payment is approximately equal to 50% of the money awarded for a Band 2a course of treatment. Therefore, a similar uplift would equate to £15 for a Band 1 course of treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/02/2024 18:52:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 18768 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1687932

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to reform NHS dental contracts to incentivise dentists to carry out NHS work.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	13458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>On 7 February 2024 we published Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS Dentistry. The plan will make dental services faster, simpler and fairer for patients and will fund around 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment.</p><p>The plan also sets out a number of actions to incentivise dentists to carry out National Health Service work. A new patient premium will support dentists to take on new patients, golden hello incentives will encourage dentists into under-served areas, and we will raise the minimum Units of Dental Activity rate to £28 this year, making NHS work more attractive and sustainable.</p><p>In addition to the changes to the contract which we made in 2022, we are developing further recommendations for dental contract reform to properly reflect the care needed by different patients and more fairly remunerate practices. We expect to develop options for consultation with the dental profession in advance of a further announcement later this year. Any changes would be phased in from 2025 onwards.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/02/2024 09:28:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1685823

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS dental practices were in dispute with her Department about reconciling payments for NHS work on 30 January 2024; and what assessment she has made of the (a) clarity and (b) ease of the reconciliation process.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	uin	12005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Year-end reconciliation is a national process carried out, in the most part, by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA), and commissioned by NHS England.</p><p>As of 31 January 2024, there were 38 unresolved queries from contract holders about their year-end outcome for 2022/23. This equates to 0.6% of the 6673 contracts within the NHS BSA responsibility to reconcile. There are a further proportion of contracts, 1,946, that remain within the remit of integrated care boards to reconcile, where data is not held centrally.</p><p>The process of year end reconciliation is a vital part of ensuring contract holders are held accountable for the activity they have been contracted to deliver, and to ensure taxpayers get value for money from the £3 billion National Health Service dentistry budget.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/02/2024 14:46:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 15320 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1685883

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much expenditure was reclaimed (a) nationally and (b) per region by NHS England from primary care dental practices that did not meet contractual targets in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23; and if she will make an estimate of the total sum that is predicted to be reclaimed by the end of 2023-24 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	12096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>Data for expenditure reclaimed for activity in the years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 is available from NHS Business Services Authority. This information is published here: <a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-data/nhs-payments-dentists%20" target="_blank">https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-data/nhs-payments-dentists</a>.</p><p>Data for activity in 2022-23 and 2023-24 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/02/2024 11:24:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 15321 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill