Question follow-through · 21950
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the NHS dental contract to (a) make appointments more accessible and (b) to tackle the backlog of people waiting f
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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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
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the NHS dental contract to (a) make appointments more accessible and (b) to tackle the backlog of people waiting f
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists. There are no perfect payment systems and careful consideration needs to be given to any p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Integrated Care Board on the need for GP surgeries in Camelford and Bodmin.
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24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Bodmin.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Bude.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Camelford.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Launceston.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Padstow.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Wadebridge.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Tintagel.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Delabole.
Dental Services: Cornwall
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Port Isaac.
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24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of NHS dentist capacity in Saint Columb Major.