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Dental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to end the proposed use of NHS Dental Vans.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to end the proposed use of NHS Dental Vans.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  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 to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To r...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Autism and Mental Health: Hospital Beds

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of beds for (a) adults and (b) children with (i) a dual diagnosis with autism and (ii) other complex mental health needs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that there is a comprehensive strategy for meeting the (a) clinical and (b) care needs of people with eating disorders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nutrition: Low Incomes

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to healthy food for families on low household incomes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Processed Food

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will stake steps to work with food producers to reduce (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt in processed foods.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Naloxone

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will roll out training on the use of naloxone.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Drugs: Misuse

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on a harm reduction approach to substance misuse.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fentanyl and Nitazenes: Health Hazards

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to educate the drug using community on the risks of (a) nitazine and (b) fentanyl.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Drugs: Misuse

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of illicit drug deaths.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of banning the sale of alcohol before 11am on use by people who have an alcohol dependency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Alcoholic Drinks

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will produce an alcohol strategy in this Parliament.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Major Conditions Strategy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Diabetes

26 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the prevalence of type 2 diabetes.