The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/310)

The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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2025 No. 310
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Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 310
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
7th March 2025
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2025
Coming into force
1st April 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 176(1) and (2) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006(
1
).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1.
—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2025.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, and apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005
2.
—(1) The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005(
2
) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (calculation of charges)—
(a)
in paragraphs (1) and (5), for “£26.80” substitute
“£27.40”
;

(b)
in paragraph (2), for “£73.50” substitute
“£75.30”
;

(c)
in paragraphs (3) and (4), for “£319.10” substitute
“£326.70”
.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Care
7th March 2025
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005 (“
the 2005 Regulations
”). The 2005 Regulations specify the amounts of patient charges levied for NHS dental treatments in England.

Regulation 2 makes amendments to regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations to increase the charges for dental treatments.

Regulation 2(2)(a) amends paragraphs (1) and (5) of regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations to increase the charges payable for Band 1 courses of treatment, including for urgent treatments, from £26.80 to £27.40.

Regulation 2(2)(b) amends paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations to increase the charges payable for Band 2 courses of treatment from £73.50 to £75.30.

Regulation 2(2)(c) amends paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations to increase the charges payable for Band 3 courses of treatment, including the supply of dental appliances, from £319.10 to £326.70.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as this is a routine uplift of patient charges for NHS dental treatment in line with inflation. There is no change to the general policy, and the eligibility for exemptions to the patient charges remains unchanged from previous years. It has been determined that a full impact assessment is therefore not required.

(
1
)
2006 c. 41
. Section 176 was amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 94(b) of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act
2012 (c. 7)
and by section 1(2) of, and paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Care Act
2022 (c. 31)
. By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, the powers being exercised by the Secretary of State in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England.
(
2
)
S.I. 2005/3477
; relevant amending instruments are
S.I. 2013/364
and
711
and
2024/271
.
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