Question follow-through · 127705
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure early detection of dental issues for adults who cannot access NHS dental services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 6 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
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure early detection of dental issues for adults who cannot access NHS dental services.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government is acting to improve early detection of dental issues and care for adults. Over the past year, integrated care boards (ICBs) have been commissioning additional urgent dental appointments and there is now an urgent care safety net available ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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