Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 6491

NHS: Dental Services

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop a long-term strategy to ensure sustainable access to NHS dental services for all people; and how this strategy will be implemented.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Government is committed to tackling 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 to recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To reb...

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