PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services: Contracts (19 March 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) dentists and (b) NHS dentists contracts will be covered by emergency financial support.

Asked by:
Sir Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answer

NHS England and NHS Improvement issued guidance on 25 March setting out arrangements for National Health Service dental care during the pandemic period and the financial support being put in place for NHS dental contract holders and those working on NHS dental contracts. The intention is that as far as possible remuneration levels are unaffected.

The full guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/issue-3-preparedness-letter-for-primary-dental-care-25-march-2020.pdf


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
29 May 2020

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.