Question follow-through · 9049
Dentistry: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS dentists.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS dentists.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions to rebuild National Health Service dentistry. The recruitment of dentists remains a priority, with integrated care boards continuing to be able to make use of the Golden Hello scheme to encourage dentist...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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