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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 across all regions
in England. These changes came into effect towards the end of 2022.</p><p>However,
we know that we need to do more and continue to build on these reforms. We will announce
our plan for further reform of the NHS dental system later this year, and it will
include several areas requiring further action to support and recover activity in
NHS dentistry, such as how to incentivise NHS dentists to deliver more NHS care.</p><p>From
1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the
needs of the local population has been delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs)
across England. NHS England has published an Assurance Framework which sets out its
approach to providing assurance that commissioning functions are carried out safely
and effectively by ICBs.</p>
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