NHS Charge increases from 1st April 2018

NHS dental charges are set by the governments’ Department of Health, they usually increase annually on 1st April every year. They are split into 3 bands 1, 2 & 3. The increases below have just been quietly made public.

Current charges to 31st March 2018

Band 1  £20.60

Band 2  £56.30

Band 3  £244.30

Charges from 1st April 2018

Band 1 £21.60

Band 2 £59.10

Band 3  £256.50

The British Dental Association believe that these increases are 'providing cover for cuts to state funding for NHS dentistry'.