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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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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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Recorded timeline

  1. 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. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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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.

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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.

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Social Services: Standards

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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.

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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.