Question follow-through · 48360
Dental Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure reliable access to NHS dental treatment in (a) East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 8 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
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure reliable access to NHS dental treatment in (a) East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) rural areas.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist, particularly in rural areas. 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 den...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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