Question follow-through · 1086

Dental Services: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve access to NHS dentistry in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
24 Jul 2024
Answer
30 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve access to NHS dentistry in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

  2. 24 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebui...

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