Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83999

Dentistry: Recruitment

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit dentists into the NHS.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift...

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