PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services: Access (28 February 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on increasing access to dentists.
Asked by:
George Freeman (Conservative)
Asked by:
George Freeman (Conservative)
Answer
On 7 February, we published our Dentistry Recovery Plan to increase patients’ access to NHS dentistry across the country, including in Norfolk.
On 1 March, one element – the New Patient Premium went live, to increase the number of appointments available.
We will keep the House updated on this and the many other measures set out in the Plan, including our work to reform the dental contract in the longer term.
Answered by:
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
5 March 2024
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