Given this error, NHSE assured us that additional analytical resources would be put in place for the dental service, which would in future be designated a “business–critical model”.59 We were told that there had been 51 DHSC, Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, published 7 February 2024 52 C&AG’s Report, para 12 53 Q 57 54 Letter from the Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care and the Chief Executive Officer at NHS England...

Given this error, NHSE assured us that additional analytical resources would be put in place for the dental service, which would in future be designated a “business–critical model”.59 We were told that there had been 51 DHSC, Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, published 7 February 2024 52 C&AG’s Report, para 12 53 Q 57 54 Letter from the Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care and the Chief Executive Officer at NHS England relating to the modelling error in the plan to reform NHS Dentistry, 11 February 2025 55 C&AG’s Report, Figure 10 56 Letter from the Interim Permanent S Type: conclusion | Number: 21 | Response status: accepted Government response: 3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented: June 2025 3.2 NHSE has immediately put additional short-term analytical resources into its Dental analytical work supporting the modelling of dental contract changes and reform.