Question follow-through · 36273

Dental Services: Worsley and Eccles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to NHS dentistry in Worsley and Eccles constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
20 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to NHS dentistry in Worsley and Eccles constituency.

  2. 20 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To rebuild dentist...

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