Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25607
Dental Services: Rural Areas
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025
Question
Dr Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the number of NHS appointments in rural areas and (b) improve access to (i) emergency and (ii) routine dental care for those in urgent need.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe 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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