Healthcare bosses are investigating the possibility of locally determined payments for NHS dentistry services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Nicci Briggs, Chief Finance Officer of the region’s Integrated Care Board (ICB), said a local tariff could help incentivise dentists to take on NHS patients. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s ICB, which brings together healthcare providers with local authorities, is the only one in the country looking into this, according to Ms Briggs. Ms Briggs said it’s recognised that “the (NHS) dental contract fundamentally isn’t working”. “The NHS hasn’t changed…
