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Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to launch the public consultation on reform of the NHS dental contract.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to launch the public consultation on reform of the NHS dental contract.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to fundamental contract reform by the end of this Parliament. We will update on timelines for dental contract reform, including the details of the public consultation, in due course.We have started to bring into force a package...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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