Question follow-through · 28187
Dental Services: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of people in Hertfordshire who do not have access to an NHS dentist on patient wellbeing.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 3 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 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of people in Hertfordshire who do not have access to an NHS dentist on patient wellbeing.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist, and we want to make sure that everyone who needs a National Health Service dentist can get one. The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access NHS dental care with a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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