Plan to improve dentistry has comprehensively failed and it’s actually getting worse, MPs warn

NHS dental services are ‘weak,’ MPs have heard - (PA Archive)

The plan to boost access to NHS dentists has been declared a “comprehensive failure” in a new report.

The Dental Recovery Plan, a blueprint to bolster NHS dentistry, was unveiled in February 2024, with a pledge that it would fund more than 1.5 million additional NHS treatments or 2.5 million appointments. However, MPs say the situation has worsened instead.