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Dental Services: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the potential merits of allocating funding for the (a) building of and (b) supplying of specialised equipment to new, purpose-built dental practices.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the potential merits of allocating funding for the (a) building of and (b) supplying of specialised equipment to new, purpose-built dental practices.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards across England.The NHS contracts with independent dental pr...

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