Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111340

Dental Services: Standards

Tabled: 5 February 2026

Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in urgent care Units of Dental Activity on trends in the level of the provision of routine and preventative NHS dental care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We recognise that urgent, routine, and preventative dental care is important and we are taking steps to address this.We are committed to delivering fundamental reform of the dental contract before the end of this Parliament. As a first step, on 16 Decembe...

ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 111340) →