Question follow-through · 23644
Dental Services: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding levels for NHS Dentists in the South West of England; and if his Department will draw up plans on how to use additional funding
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding levels for NHS Dentists in the South West of England; and if his Department will draw up plans on how to use additional funding
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
A budget of £3.8 billion for primary, community, and secondary dentistry has been allocated to the integrated care boards (ICBs) across England for 2024/25, to deliver new initiatives and address the challenges facing National Health Service dentistry. Al...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disparities in length of periods of poor health between (a) people in Somerset and (b) the national average.
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with postural tachycardia syndrome.
Clozapine: Side Effects
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies the (a) side effects and (b) long-term health implications of the use of clozapine as a medicament.
Out of Area Treatment
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the discharge process on patients in cross-county areas.
Pharmacy: Closures
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.
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Essential Tremor: Research
24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of funding for research into essential tremors.