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The independent Steele review, published in June 2009, then sought to ensure widespread changes were made to NHS dental contracts in order to increase access to dental services and improve service quality. Ongoing reforms of the dental industry are likely to have an effect on the benefits market, but employers are still keen to offer dental plans to their workforces, says Tynan Barton. Primary care trusts (PCTs) were also put in charge of commissioning local dental services and deciding where to locate new services. This can be attributed to changes introduced by the last government, which included the 2006 reforms aimed at improving patient access to NHS dentistry services and simplifying payment for dental treatment. A few years ago tabloids raged about long queues to obtain a place with an National Health Service (NHS) dentist and ran scare stories on the DIY treatment people were inflicting on themselves....
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