Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78394

Dental Services

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

ConservativeSleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the proportion of urgent dental care appointments purchased by ICBs that were attended by a patient.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
We have asked integrated care boards (ICBs) to commission extra urgent dental appointments to make sure that patients with urgent dental needs can get the treatment they need. ICBs have been making extra appointments available from April 2025.Appointments...

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