PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services (12 September 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dental appointments.
Asked by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
Asked by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
Answer
The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to NHS dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.
Answered by:
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
8 October 2024
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