Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 127701

Dental Health: Health Education

Tabled: 15 April 2026
Answered: 23 April 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of preventable conditions resulting from lack of access to oral health education and care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
No estimate is available of the costs to the National Health Service of preventable conditions resulting from lack of access to oral health education and care. The costs to the NHS of hospital admissions for decay-related tooth extractions, which are larg...

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