Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13719

Dental Services: NHS

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024

Question

Tim Roca

LabourMacclesfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of dental practices that accept new NHS patients.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government will tackle the immediate crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract, wit...

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