Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10940

Dental Services: Pregnancy

Tabled: 23 October 2024

Answered: 30 October 2024

Question

Alice Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of challenges accessing dental care on pregnant women.

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 recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...

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