“Delayed, disappointing and not actually an uplift at all” is the ADG’s response to last week’s Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) announcement of the pay review for dental practices for 2024/5.
NHS dental contract holders will receive an uplift of 4.64% overall, backdated to April 2024. This is a pay cut for dental practices, which is a recipe for disaster. With dentistry in crisis, and a huge gap in the dental workforce, the ADG believes this is not the time to hit dentistry so hard. DDRB recommended a 6% uplift, and the ADG estimates the actual costs dental practices are facing are significantly higher.
The full press release can be found here.