Question follow-through · 13039
Dentistry: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that contract negotiations take into account variations in unit prices between dentistry practices (a) across England and (b) that are geographically c
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that contract negotiations take into account variations in unit prices between dentistry practices (a) across England and (b) that are geographically c
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of their local populations and to determine the priorities for investment.Differential Unit of Dental Act...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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