Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 26669

Dental Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 27 January 2025

Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of piloting mobile NHS dental clinics to help improve access to routine dental care in remote communities.

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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