PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Health and Dental Services (19 February 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department will assess which areas have the poorest (a) oral health and (b) access to dentists.

Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The Department assesses oral health needs and access to dentistry through a range of published indicators, including surveys of children and other groups from the National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England, and National Health Service activity measures.


Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
22 February 2024

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