NHS dental services contracts
UK public sector · 77 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 77
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £669k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £145m
- 66 of 77 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 20
- Suppliers
- 99
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See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most NHS dental services contracts took 17% of them (13 of 77).
- The median contract, £669k, is 6.3 times the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
- East of England had the most contracts: 41, or 53% of the total.
Who buys NHS dental services
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board19 contracts£10.6m
- 2NHS Suffolk/Norfolk commissioning bodies13 contracts£2.4m
- 3NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board7 contracts£5.3m
- 4NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership6 contracts£5.3m
- 5NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board5 contracts£8.0m
- 6NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB5 contracts£2.5m
- 7NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board4 contracts£1.7m
- 8NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board2 contracts£12.3m
- 9Hywel Dda University Health Board2 contracts£10.6m
- 10NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board2 contracts£5.3m
Top NHS dental services contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Damira Dental Studios Ltd4 contracts£20.0m
- 2Paul John Jones3 contracts£8.1m
- 3Dentistry for You3 contracts£4.0m
- 4Chartwell Dental Practice3 contracts£1.5m
- 5Oasis Dental Care2 contracts£10.1m
- 6SGA Services Ltd2 contracts£6.2m
- 7Revive Dental Care2 contracts£2.1m
- 8Queensway Dental2 contracts£1.5m
- 9Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts£1.2m
- 10Exeter Close Dentist2 contracts£1.1m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Swansea Bay University Health Board to supplier not published · Awarded 1 September 2026
POW-CP-62579 - Provision of General Dental Services - Knighton (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£2.5m
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership to IMPERIAL DENTAL GROUP LIMITED · Awarded 20 August 2026
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board to Damira Dental Studios Ltd, Dentistry for You, RAM DENTAL LTD and SGA Services Ltd · Awarded 13 July 2026
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board to Ashby Road Ltd, Jorvik Dental Practice, Riverdale Tradeco Limited trading as Riverdale Healthcare, Solis Dental Studio and The Dental Surgery · Awarded 19 June 2026
NENC042 / 1038840000 / Carlisle Urgent Dental Access Centre (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£1.4m
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board to Cumbria Health · Awarded 15 June 2026
NENC041 / 1037420000 Darlington Urgent Dental Access Centre (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£1.4m
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board to Hyder Dental Group · Awarded 15 June 2026
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board to Nationwide Healthcare Providers Limited, Oasis Dental Care, Oral Surgery Excellence Ltd and Yorkshire IMOS Ltd · Awarded 1 June 2026
Hywel Dda University Health Board to R Kadenhe · Awarded 29 May 2026
Hywel Dda University Health Board to Paul John Jones · Awarded 29 May 2026
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board to Damira Dental Studios Ltd, Dentistry for You and SGA Services Ltd · Awarded 22 May 2026
Largest
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board to supplier not published · Awarded 31 March 2026
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board to Smile Together Dental CIC · Awarded 17 December 2025
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to 1OSD LIMITED and Dentalwell Ltd · Awarded 16 December 2025
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board to Aesthetic Dental Solutions, Assim Ghaffoor (71 Dental), Colne Health Care Ltd, Dr J A Richards Ltd (Sandes Avenue Dental Practice) and Drakes Dental Care · Awarded 25 November 2025
NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board to Aura Dental Sedation Ltd, Damira Dental Studios Ltd, HADDENHAM DC LIMITED and Westbridge Dental Practice · Awarded 23 January 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 69 · Wales 8
What is included
Contracts to deliver NHS dentistry from dental practices: general dental services and PDS contracts, urgent dental care and access sessions, conscious sedation and intermediate minor oral surgery.
- General Dental Services (GDS) and PDS contracts
- Urgent dental care triage and treatment
- Dental access sessions
- Conscious and advanced sedation dental services
- Intermediate minor oral surgery (IMOS)
What is not included
- Community, special care and domiciliary dentistry (hlt.primary.community-special-care-dental)
- Orthodontic services (hlt.primary.nhs-orthodontic-services)
- Oral health promotion (hlt.comm.oral-health-improvement)
- Hospital oral and maxillofacial surgery (hlt.acute.general-acute-hospital-services)
- Dental care in prisons (hlt.justice.prison-detention-healthcare)
- Dental consumables and laboratory work (hlt.cons.dental-consumables)
- Dental chairs and surgery equipment (hlt.equip.dental-equipment)
- Dental clinical systems (it.lob.dental-clinical-system)