Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105168

Dental Services: South West

Tabled: 13 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Sir Geoffrey Cox

ConservativeTorridge and Tavistock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had recent discussions with dental schools in the South West on encouraging newly qualified dentists to work in NHS-providing dental practices in rural com

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
On 10 December, I met with several Members of Parliament from the South West to discuss their proposal to expand the number of Government-funded places provided to Peninsula Dental School. Tackling the geographical disparities in access to National Health...

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