NHS England 1 article

NHS England is the national body responsible for major planning, commissioning and operational functions across the National Health Service in England. Dentistry falls within its broader primary-care responsibilities through service planning, commissioning arrangements, access policy and implementation of national NHS priorities. It is not the professional regulator for dental clinicians and does not set individual registration standards; its role concerns organization and delivery of NHS services rather than professional conduct and registration. Those clinician-regulation functions belong to the GDC.