Subject	Predicate	Object
sNFbK56X	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	VM2dOJqp
	answer has answering person	Neil John O'Brien
	answer text	<p>The uplift of National Health Service dental charges by 8.5% from 24 April 2023 will raise important revenue for pressurised NHS budgets and NHS dental services following COVID-19 restrictions. The qualifying criteria for the range of exemptions to NHS dental charges and support through the low-income scheme remain unchanged. Just under half of NHS dental patients were treated free of charge in the 2021/22 financial year.</p>
	answer given date	2023-04-17
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	sNFbK56X
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	sNFbK56X
VM2dOJqp	question has answer	sNFbK56X
Neil John O'Brien	answering person has answer	sNFbK56X