16 December 2025
The Oral Health Foundation has said that new plans to change NHS dental contracts may help some patients in the short term, but they do not go far enough to fix the bigger problems facing NHS dentistry.
The proposed changes focus on making small adjustments to the existing NHS dental contract, rather than replacing it. They are intended to improve care for patients with higher needs and ease some pressures on dental practices. The changes include:
A new, time-limited care pathway for patients with more complex dental needs.
Better payments for more complex treatment, which is often poorly paid under the current contract.
Payments linked to activity that helps reduce dental disease, rather than just treating problems once they occur.
New funding to support clinical audits and peer review within dental practices.
A requirement for practices to provide a set level of urgent dental care, with improved pay for this work.
The charity said… Source by Oral Health Foundation Read More
