Question follow-through · 59195
Dentistry: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to give dental (a) hygienists and (b) therapists NHS performer numbers in workforce (i) retention and (ii) access strategies.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to give dental (a) hygienists and (b) therapists NHS performer numbers in workforce (i) retention and (ii) access strategies.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2025
Answer published
To work under a National Health Service primary care dental services contract, a dentist must join the NHS Dental Performers List. This is not a requirement for other members of the dental team, and the Government has no plans to change this.Amendments to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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