PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services: Location (25 April 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the location of NHS dental surgeries compared to the demand for NHS dental services.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
Health Education England (HEE) have assessed the distribution of the National Health Service dental workforce and the demand for dental care, based on the annual number of dentists who have undertaken NHS activity by region. Data held at regional level on the oral health needs of the population is also used to assess the adequacy of provision.
HEE are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to align NHS provision against patient need. In its Advancing Dental Care Review Report, HEE has made recommendations to tackle recruitment, retention and attracting dentists to areas which are currently less well served and improve the distribution of training posts.
Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
28 April 2022
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