The NAO report reflects this last point, finding that in 2022–23 £479 million was recovered from dental contracts where practices had not delivered the full amount of care that they had been contracted for.17

The NAO report reflects this last point, finding that in 2022–23 £479 million was recovered from dental contracts where practices had not delivered the full amount of care that they had been contracted for.17 Type: conclusion | Number: 9 | Response status: accepted Government response: 4.11 Where there have been changes to individual practice funding levels this will have been because of either: • practices asking to reduce their NHS commitment, or • ICBs taking steps to release monies from persistently under-delivering contractors to enable these monies to be used to buy care fro