Question follow-through · 30746

Dentistry: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) dentists and (b) dentist representatives on the recent dentist pay award.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
13 Feb 2025
Answer
18 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) dentists and (b) dentist representatives on the recent dentist pay award.

  2. 13 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Department formally consults with the British Dental Association on the details of contract uplift proposals before these are implemented, as the recognised representative body for dentists. We consulted the British Dental Association on the proposed ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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