PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services: Home Care Services (21 February 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to domiciliary dental care for older people in (a) Ealing North constituency and (b) England.

Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)

NHS England is responsible for commissioning primary care dental services, including domiciliary care. Domiciliary care may be delivered by any dentist holding a contract to deliver general dental services or it may be specifically commissioned by NHS England locally as an additional service. NHS England is working very closely with stakeholders, inclusive of the Care Quality Commission and Healthwatch, to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care within the appropriate setting.

Where such services have been specifically commissioned any concerns about delivery should be raised with NHS England. NHS England has a duty to provide services to meet local need, including domiciliary services so any perceived gaps in service should also be raised with NHS England.

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
2 March 2020