NHS Contract changes. What they said and what they meant*
Your NHS dentistry and oral health update
19 July 2022 (Issue 50)
An update from Sara Hurley and Ali Sparke
Dear Peter,
Today we have announced the outcome of the 2022/23 Dental Contract Negotiations.
Imposition really, but negotiations sounds a bit more consensual.
This represents the first significant change to the contract since its introduction in 2006. It follows 12 months of engagement with frontline dental teams,
Those of us with a military background will know what kind of engagement the DOH would like with dental teams.
the public, patients and other stakeholders after NHS England was asked by the government to lead on the next stage of dental system reform in March 2021.
If it’s taken 16 months of unprecedented pressure to get this far, a complete new contract should be ready by 2050. Twin it with Carbon zero perhaps?
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The changes announced today address many of the challenges voiced by frontline dental teams and will make a real difference to patients. We just hope that the changes announced today will get us some more positive press. |
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With a shift in the emphasis of financial reward and a re-orientation of clinical activity to those patients that need it most we are focussed on improving That sounds so much better than “we have re arranged the deck-chairs” |
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access to NHS dental care and our support for our valued dental teams by: Best not to define “valued” as £23 for a UDA. |
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‒ Introducing enhanced UDAs to support higher needs patients, recognising the range of different treatment options currently remunerated under Band 2 Replacing really perverse incentives with slightly less perverse incentives. |
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‒ Producing supportive material for patients, the public and dental teams around NICE recall intervals Good luck explaining this to your regular attenders! and introducing an extra field on the FP17 form to help peer review Those FP17’s still look a bit empty to us. |
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and monitoring of adherence to personalised recall intervals. This is how you and your core patients can pay for the changes.
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