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Dental Health: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, for what reason the National Screening Committee have not reviewed school dental screening recommendations in the per

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 24 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 29 Jul 2024
Answer: 29 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, for what reason the National Screening Committee have not reviewed school dental screening recommendations in the per
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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29 Jul 2024
Answer published
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) was due to review screening for dental disease in children under nine years old in 2022/23. However, a number of reviews, including this one, were delayed due to staff depletion and delays to recruitment, follo...

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