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<p>The Starting Well programme was established by NHS England to reach out to children
not regularly being seen by a dentist in 13 high needs areas. NHS England has advised
that there are currently over 200 practices participating in the programme. However,
data is not held about the number of children who have benefitted since its launch.</p><p>NHS
England has advised that the Starting Well programme board has taken a decision not
to publish an interim report but anticipates that the full report will be published
by the end of this year.</p><p>NHS England has also developed Starting Well Core,
an offer made available to all local dental commissioners in England. The aim is to
promote early preventative care for children aged 0-2 as well as increasing dental
access and attendance. NHS England has confirmed that as of 31 March 2019, approximately
1,400 NHS England dental practices were participating in Starting Well Core. NHS England
advises that participation has been defined as any practice holding a contract to
deliver primary care dental services where the local commissioning team had varied
the contract to remunerate for Units of Dental Activity delivered in excess of 102%
(up to a maximum of 104%) of the National Health Service contract value, attributable
to children aged 0-2 years, for the 2018/19 financial year.</p>
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