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Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for dental practices to (a) relocate to and (b) open new practices in underserved areas.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for dental practices to (a) relocate to and (b) open new practices in underserved areas.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Dental practices are private businesses and therefore able to decide how they operate. It is their own responsibility to secure dental premises. The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to me...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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