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Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on increasing the availability of NHS dental (a) practices and (b) other services in all parts of the UK.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
17 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on increasing the availability of NHS dental (a) practices and (b) other services in all parts of the UK.

  2. 17 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    State funded healthcare is a devolved matter outside of England, and is the responsibility, respectively, of the Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish administrations. However, governments across the United Kingdom routinely work together to share best prac...

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