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NHS payments to dentists

Both our organisation and NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to the transparency agenda. We consider publishing the details of NHS payments to dentists to be in the public interest.

Since 2015, we’ve published details of these payments on a annual basis, in a format that is easy to compare.

The data published includes:

  • associated activity data
  • additional payments
  • deductions
  • guidance notes to help you understand the data

Data for 2023 to 2024

NHS Payments to dentist in England for 2023 to 2024 (Excel: 2068KB)NHS Payments to dentists guidance 2023-24 Word: (79KB)

Data for 2022 to 2023

NHS Payments to dentists in England for 2022 to 2023 (Excel: 1.97MB)NHS Payments to dentists guidance 2022-23 Word: (80KB)

Note that the 2022-23 data file has been updated, as it included 2 rows of data for 48 contracts. This was due to these contracts changing commissioner during the 2022-23 financial year.
This has not had any impact on the payment values previously published. The revised figures now contain just one row for each of these contracts, showing their total payments.

Data for 2021 to 2022

NHS Payments to dentists in England for 2021 to 2022 (Excel: 1.9MB)NHS Payments to dentists - guidance for 2021 to 2022 (Word: 80KB)

Please note- It was brought to our attention that both the commissioner and region published in this report were incorrect in some instances. This was due to the commissioner and region name displaying the name that a contract was commissioned by as at 1 July 2022, instead of the commissioner code within the 2021-22 financial year. This affected the following commissioners:

  • QJ2 - Joined Up Care Derbyshire STP
  • QHL - Birmingham and Solihull STP
  • QOP - Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
  • QUA - The Black Country and West Birmingham STP

Data for 2020 to 2021

NHS Payments to dentists in England for 2020 to 2021 (Excel: 1.8MB)NHS Payments to dentists - guidance for 2020 to 2021 (Word: 77KB) 

Data for 2019 to 2020

NHS Payments to Dentists in England for 2019 to 2020 (Excel: 1.7MB)NHS Payments to Dentists - guidance for 2019 to 2020 (PDF: 168KB)

Data for 2018 to 2019

Data for 2018 to 2019 (Excel: 1.8MB)Guidance notes for 2018 to 2019 (PDF: 196KB)

Data for 2017 to 2018

Data for 2017 to 2018 (Excel: 1.8MB)Guidance notes for 2017 to 2018 (PDF: 191KB)

Data for 2016 to 2017

Data for 2016 to 2017 (Excel: 1.9MB)Guidance notes for 2016 to 2017 (PDF: 66KB)

Data for 2015 to 2016

Data for 2015 to 2016 (Excel: 2MB)Guidance notes for 2015 to 2016 (PDF: 66KB)

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