Question follow-through · 17837

Dental Services: Ealing Central and Acton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase provision for NHS dentists in Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
11 Dec 2024
Answer
11 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase provision for NHS dentists in Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients 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 rebuild den...

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