The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced that from 24 April 2023, dental patient charges in England will increase by 8.5%.
NHS dental patient charges provide an important revenue source for NHS dentistry and are typically uplifted on the 1 April each financial year. The most recent uplift was in December 2020, delayed from April 2020, due to the impacts of the pandemic. Whilst there has been no uplift for two years, the cost of delivering NHS dental care has increased.
This means that a dental charge payable for a band 1 course of treatment will rise by £2.00, from £23.80 to £25.80. For a band 2 course of treatment, there'll be an increase of £5.50 from £65.20 to £70.70. A band 3 course of treatment will increase by £24 from £282.80 to £306.80.
Details of the revised charges for 2023 to 2024 can be found on the UK Parliament website.