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Dental Services: Finance

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

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 May 2025

    Question tabled

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

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist, particularly in more rural and coastal areas. To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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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.

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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.

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Maternity Services: West Dorset

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 people in West Dorset constituency.

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Maternity Services: West Dorset

15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to maternity care for people in West Dorset constituency, in the context of the closure of Yeovil’s maternity unit.

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Yeovil Hospital: Maternity Services

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

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Yeovil Hospital: Maternity Services

15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on levels of capacity at surrounding hospitals.

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Maternity Services: South West

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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Yeovil Hospital: Maternity Services

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 travel times for expectant mothers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Yeovil Hospital: Maternity Services

15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased travel times for maternity care following the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit.

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 capacity of local NHS services to meet demand for home births following the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Dentistry: West Dorset

16 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interim support his Department is providing to Integrated Care Boards in West Dorset with dentist shortages.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Dental Services

16 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England is offering temporary funding for private providers to deliver NHS dental care in areas with insufficient NHS provision.