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<p>In July 2022, we announced a package of improvements to the National Health Service
dental system, detailed in ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlined the steps we are
taking to meet oral health need and increase access to dental care. The changes we
have implemented include a contractual requirement for NHS dentists to keep their
NHS.UK profiles up to date to make it easier for patients to seek treatment, improvements
to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work and greater flexibility
to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver NHS
treatment, while enabling full use of the dental team.</p><p>These changes came into
effect towards the end of 2022. NHS England have published additional guidance for
dentists and commissioners as part of this package. Patients who are struggling to
find a local dentist can contact NHS England’s Customer Contact Centre for assistance
or contact NHS 111 if seeking urgent care.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England, regional teams
and integrated care boards across England are also working together to ensure that
patients continue to have access to NHS dental care. We know that we need to do more,
and we are working with NHS England and stakeholders to consider additional reforms
of the NHS dental system coming shortly this year.</p>
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