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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 March 2025

Debate

NHS Dentistry

Contribution

As the noble Lord suggests, tooth decay is the main reason that five to nine year-olds are admitted to hospital. That is a scandal, and one that we are seeking to tackle. My ministerial colleague, Stephen Kinnock, has made reform of the dental contract an early priority and continues to collaborate with the British Dental Association and other representatives on what is, of course, a shared ambition to improve access to treatments for NHS dental patients. I wish I could give an exact date to the noble Lord; I am not in a position right now to do so. On water fluoridation, as the noble Lord said, an extra 1.6 million people across the north-east will benefit from a water fluoridation scheme following quite a lengthy process and that will start in 2027-28.

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