Now available from the Primary Care Bulletin - NHS 111 dental triage updates Work to align dental pathway dispositions with national unscheduled care guidance has been completed, enabling commissioners to align providers within the Directory of Service (DoS) to the updated dispositions. During the final implementation phase, taking effect from 21 September – 30 October, … [Read more...]

From the latest Primary Care Bulletin: Today the annual NHS dental statistics for England have been published. The figures for 2025/26 show a significant increase in the number of courses of treatment (CoT), up 6.2% to 37.6 million, and units of dental activity (UDA), which saw a 5.1% uplift to 76.8 million, delivered. In 2025/26, COTs for adults increased by 6% to 25 … [Read more...]

From the latest Primary Care Bulletin - The new NHS dentistry: care pathways guidance has been published. The guidance sets out the clinical framework underpinning the new care pathways and should be read alongside the updated NHS dentistry: quality and payment reforms contractual guidance. For colleagues who were unable to attend, a recording of the NHS dental quality … [Read more...]

From the latest Primary Care Bulletin - The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a review of private dentistry, looking at both essential care and cosmetic treatments. The CMA is inviting independent dental practice owners to share their views in this survey by 14 August 2026. To sign up to the latest Primary Care Bulletin please follow the link … [Read more...]

From the Primary Care Bulletin - Quality improvement programme: resources and guidance This week, the NHS published the dentistry and oral health bulletin, emphasising the quality improvement (QI) programme. The QI programme is a key component of the wider dental reforms and represents an opportunity for practices to use data, reflection, and peer learning to identify … [Read more...]