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Dental Health: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward a strategy for dental health research.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
8 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward a strategy for dental health research.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).Whilst there are currently no plans to develop a dental health research strategy, the NIHR continues to welcome funding appli...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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