Question follow-through · 5549
Dental Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients who were referred for NHS orthodontic treatment while under the age of 18 remain eligible for NHS-funded treatment if they turn 18 before treatment begins.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients who were referred for NHS orthodontic treatment while under the age of 18 remain eligible for NHS-funded treatment if they turn 18 before treatment begins.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
Data on the average waiting times for National Health Service orthodontic treatment is not held centrally. Patients referred for NHS orthodontic treatment before the age of 18 years old remain eligible for NHS-funded treatment, provided they meet the rele...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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