Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8562

Dental Services

Tabled: 10 October 2024

Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Mark Sewards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure NHS dental practices have the capacity to treat more patients.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

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 ...

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