Question follow-through · 51256
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of dental school capacity on long-term access to NHS dentistry.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Maternity Services: Yeovil · 15 May 2025
- Maternity Services: Yeovil · 15 May 2025
- Maternity Services: West Dorset · 15 May 2025
- Maternity Services: West Dorset · 15 May 2025
- Yeovil Hospital: Maternity Services · 15 May 2025
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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
9 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of dental school capacity on long-term access to NHS dentistry.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2025
Answer published
We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.To achieve these aims, we will work with partners such as the General Dental Council to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.