Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 1486

Dental Health: Pupils

Tabled: 24 July 2024
Answered: 29 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, for what reason the National Screening Committee have not reviewed school dental screening recommendations in the per

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) was due to review screening for dental disease in children under nine years old in 2022/23. However, a number of reviews, including this one, were delayed due to staff depletion and delays to recruitment, follo...

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