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<p>The Dentistry Recovery Plan, published on 7 February 2024, is backed by £200 million.
This is from the £3.8bn primary, community and secondary dentistry budget allocated
to Integrated Care Boards for 2024/25. We know that the dental sector has a history
of under-performance against commissioned activity and the plan will help to drive
new activity that otherwise wouldn’t happen. We are committed to protecting NHS dentistry
funding for dentistry, and will strengthen this ringfence for 2024/25, as set out
in Our Dentistry Recovery Plan. NHS England has issued planning guidance to integrated
care boards, which confirms that a ringfence will apply to NHS dentistry budgets in
2024 to 2025, and that NHS England reserves the right to direct that any unused resources
are used to improve dental access through the implementation of the dental recovery
plan. In addition, any unspent allocation may be returned to NHS England.</p>
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