The NAO’s report found that the plan was not on track to deliver the expected number of additional courses of treatment.37 When the report was published in November 2024: • fewer new patients had been treated under the NPP than in the equivalent period in the previous year; • no data was available on the UDA uplift; 38 • only one ‘golden hello’ dentist had been appointed; and • mobile dental vans had been abandoned as a national initiative and left for local commissioners to procure if they w...

The NAO’s report found that the plan was not on track to deliver the expected number of additional courses of treatment.37 When the report was published in November 2024: • fewer new patients had been treated under the NPP than in the equivalent period in the previous year; • no data was available on the UDA uplift; 38 • only one ‘golden hello’ dentist had been appointed; and • mobile dental vans had been abandoned as a national initiative and left for local commissioners to procure if they wished to.39 32 DHSC, Consultation outcome: consultation on community water fluoridation expansion in the north east of England: government response, publ Type: conclusion | Number: 14 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Autumn 2025 2.2 NHSE is carrying out analysis of the main initiatives which were planned to result in additional appointments being delivered: the New Patient Premium, Gold