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Dental Services: Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support dental laboratories; and whether he plans to use a review of NHS Dentistry contracts to protect them.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support dental laboratories; and whether he plans to use a review of NHS Dentistry contracts to protect them.

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We recognise the importance of dental laboratories and the role they play in support of National Health Service dental services.The NHS contracts independent dental providers to deliver NHS dental treatment. Providers are able to make choices about how th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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