Question follow-through · 21096

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uplift will be to general dental service contracts for 2024-25; and what his planned timetable is to apply such uplift.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uplift will be to general dental service contracts for 2024-25; and what his planned timetable is to apply such uplift.

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The independent pay review body for doctors and dentists recommended a 6% pay uplift for 2024/25. The Government accepted the recommendation and has proposed that National Health Service primary care dentistry contract values be uplifted by 4.64%, net of ...

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