Dental Services: Finance

(asked on 12th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money clawed back by NHS England from primary care NHS dental practices in England which had not met their contractual targets was re-invested in dental services in each year since 2010-11.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 7th April 2022

The following table shows the monies clawed back by NHS England as of March 2022 from primary care National Health Service dental practices in England which had not met their contractual targets in each year since 2012/13. Data is not available before 2012/13.

Financial year

Monies recovered relating to the under-delivery in the previous financial year £

2012/13

48,642,341

2013/14

45,051,981

2014/15

45,083,210

2015/16

80,330,442

2016/17

88,942,232

2017/18

140,333,227

2018/19

137,237,645

2019/20

168,639,696

2020/21

8,333,654

In cases where a provider has underperformed, clawback of payment from providers is carried out in the subsequent financial year. No estimate has yet been made for overall clawback relating to underperformance in 2021/22. The Government’s accounting rules do not allow carry forward of any unspent monies, so clawback cannot be re-invested in year. However, the NHS commits £3 billion for dentistry services each year.

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