Please see information from the latest Primary Care Bulletin about updates surrounding the urgent dental care incentive scheme – NHS England has published updates to the urgent dental care incentive scheme. This includes extending the sign-up deadline for participants until 19 December and lifting the cap on the incentive payment.
The urgent dental care incentive (UDCI) scheme will run until 31 March 2026 and aims to incentivize eligible dental providers and their oral healthcare teams to provide more unscheduled care to patients in 2025/26.
The in-year financial incentive scheme for mandatory services contract-holders aims to bolster the additional capacity that ICBs have already established, helping to secure the 700,000 more urgent dental care appointments this financial year. Further information about the scheme is outlined in the letter.
A webinar on the scheme was held for dental providers in September: https://future.nhs.uk/
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Primary Care Bulletin, 27th November 2025, Issue 367
