Question follow-through · 902699
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
We are determined to rebuild dentistry for the long term.We will deliver an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments; reform the dental contract; and introduce supervised toothbrushing for three- to five-year-olds in the most deprived communities.We ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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