Question follow-through · 11812
Dental Services: South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of dentists in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of dentists in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2024
Answer published
We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions. We are exploring how we can better support the whole dental team to work in NHS dentis...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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