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Dental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of short-term models to ensure dental access in (a) rural and (b) coastal areas with no current NHS dental practices.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of short-term models to ensure dental access in (a) rural and (b) coastal areas with no current NHS dental practices.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist, particularly in rural and coastal 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 mor...

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Possible follow-up questions

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9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the Units of Dental Activity system.

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9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding provided through NHS dental contracts is adequate for meeting the costs of providing care in rural areas.

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Dentistry: Migrant Workers

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of overseas recruitment in helping to tackle NHS dental workforce shortages.

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Rural Areas

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of GP patient-to-practice ratios in (a) rural constituencies and (b) West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: West Dorset

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Dorset Integrated Care Board to recruit more GPs in West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

GP Surgeries: Rural Areas

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of funding available for new GP premises in (a) rural areas and (b) West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: West Dorset

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average waiting time to see a GP in West Dorset constituency, in the latest period for which data is available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Dental Services: Disadvantaged

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on maintaining access to dental services in underserved communities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Maternity Services: Yeovil

15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on local maternity services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Maternity Services: Yeovil

15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the impact of the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on access to care.