Question follow-through · 76790
Dental Services: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that elderly people have reliable access to dental care.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 19 Sept 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
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that elderly people have reliable access to dental care.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 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 integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. This includes considering the needs of e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Abiraterone
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NHS: Drugs
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Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children and young adults with (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of (a) treatment and (b) care for children and young adults with (i) PANS and (ii) PANDAS.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the development of guidelines for PANS and PANDAS.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the the availability of training programmes on (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS for NHS staff.
Tofersen
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equality of access to tofersen by people diagnosed with SOD1 motor neurone disease across England.
Phlebotomy
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase capacity in phlebotomy services.
Coronavirus: Vaccination
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the eligibility criteria for the covid-19 vaccine to include people with asthma.
Palliative Care: Equality
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure accountability for the equitable provision of palliative care.
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include provisions relating to the treatment and care of people with eating disorders in the forthcoming modern service framework for mental health.