Question follow-through · 2653
Dental Services: Bournemouth West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) access to and (b) the provision of NHS dentistry in Bournemouth West constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2024 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Dental Services: Contracts · 18 Dec 2024
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- Dementia · 31 Mar 2025
- General Practitioners: Bournemouth West · 31 Mar 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) access to and (b) the provision of NHS dentistry in Bournemouth West constituency.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dental Services: Contracts
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uplift will be to general dental service contracts for 2024-25; and what his planned timetable is to apply such uplift.
Maternity Services: Standards
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS maternity services (a) nationally and (b) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Maternity Services: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of maternity services in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Dementia
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of dementia diagnosis rates in (a) England and (b) Dorset.
General Practitioners: Bournemouth West
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments in the Bournemouth West constituency.
Mental Health Services: Bournemouth West
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of mental health services in Bournemouth West constituency.
Healthy Start Scheme: Bournemouth West
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families are receiving Healthy Start in Bournemouth West constituency.
Cancer: Young People
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis times for young people with cancer in (a) England and (b) Dorset.
Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Young People
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help safeguard young people from drug and alcohol addiction in (a) England and (b) Bournemouth West constituency.
Social Services: Standards
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve adult social care provision in (a) England and (b) Bournemouth West constituency.
Mental Health Services
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regional inequalities of access to mental health services.
Autism: Diagnosis
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of autism assessments in (a) England and (b) Bournemouth West constituency.