Scheme to boost access to NHS dentists 'comprehensively failed', MPs say

Scheme to boost access to NHS dentists 'comprehensively failed', MPs say

Introduced in February last year by Conservative health ministers, the Dental Recovery Plan promised to introduce 1.5 million new treatments. The PAC's report said it appears to have "resulted in worsening the picture".

Plan to improve dentistry has ‘comprehensively failed’ and it’s getting worse

A new report has issued a scathing review of the Dental Recovery Plan which was unveiled in February 2024

Tory bid to boost NHS dental appointments led to fewer patients, MPs say

Scheme introduced by Conservative government ‘comprehensively failed’, report finds

There will be NO NHS dentists in future without urgent action now, MPs warn

NHS dentistry has “no future” unless ministers agree to pay dentists more, MPs warn. A report by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee said efforts to fix the ailing service have been a “complete failure”. AlamyNHS dentistry could one day be rationed only to people in need (stock image)[/caption] It said the contract between the Government and dentists carrying out NHS work must be torn up and rewritten. Clinics make so much more money from pri…

Dental recovery plan has ‘comprehensively failed’ report warns

Plan to boost NHS dentistry has ‘resulted in worsening the picture’ - Rother Radio

That’s according to the Public Accounts Committee Measures introduced last year with the aim of boosting access to NHS dentists appear to have “resulted in worsening the picture”, MPs have said. The Dental Recovery Plan has “comprehensively failed”, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), amid warnings that vulnerable patients “continue to suffer the most”. A new PAC report also says the dental contract “remains unfit for purpose”, wit…