Question follow-through · 905336
Dental Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentists in rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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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
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentists in rural areas.
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jul 2025
Answer published
This Government is determined to improve access to NHS dentistry.We are targeting areas most in need, including in rural areas, by delivering 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments and recruiting dentists under the Golden Hellos scheme.We will reform th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS dentistry receives adequate investment from new NHS funds allocated to the Department through the Spending Review.
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Breast Cancer: Screening
9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of mobile breast cancer screening units.
Multiple Births: Death
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Maternity Services: Reviews
14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made towards publishing the family engagement strategy and methodology for the National Maternity Investigation.
Babies: Health Services
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not expanding Healthy Babies funding to all local authority areas from April 2026.
Cerebral Palsy
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Craniocervical Instability: Diagnosis
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