Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 90150

Dental Services

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Kerry McCarthy

LabourBristol East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in NHS dental costs and average wages in England.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
No direct assessment has been made, however any decision to uplift dental patient charges is accompanied by an equalities impact assessment and informed by patient demographic data from the NHS Annual Dental Statistics and the GP Patient Survey NHS dentis...

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