Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50290

Dental Services: Private Sector

Tabled: 6 May 2025
Answered: 13 May 2025

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support financially disadvantaged people to access private dental services in areas where NHS service are not readily available.

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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