Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 91055

Dentistry: Working Conditions

Tabled: 13 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve working conditions for dental care professionals.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Dental care professionals, including dental therapists, dental hygienists, and dental nurses, play a vital role within our dentistry teams and are highly valued members of the workforce.

We recently held a public consultation on a package of changes to improve access to, and improve the quality of, National Health Service dentistry, which will deliver better care and seek to make NHS dentistry a more attractive workplace.

The Government is considering the outcomes of the consultation and will publish a response shortly.