From graduate tie-in timeframes to NHS pensions for DCPs, care minister Stephen Kinnock breaks down the proposed NHS dental contract reforms in an exclusive interview with Dentistry.
This week, the government released a long-awaited consultation proposing changes to the NHS dental contract as part of its wider NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Speaking to Dentistry, care minister Stephen Kinnock called the government’s plans for NHS dentistry a ‘two-stage process’.
‘What we have launched this week is about improving the contract as it stands, looking at quality and ensuring that we achieve our aims – particularly around urgent and unscheduled care,’ he said.
‘This is absolutely not the end of the story but an important building block for the bigger piece of work that’s coming down the line’
‘This is absolutely not the end of the story but an important building block for the bigger piece of work that’s coming down the line.
‘We are also going to be looking at a fundamental overhaul of the contract, which will look into some of the more structural and strategic issues within the contract. This will be coming in due course.’
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