Question follow-through · 9960
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to increase the number of NHS dentists treating children in West Dorset.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Dental Services: West Dorset · 19 Jun 2026
- Dental Services: Rural Areas · 19 Jun 2026
- Dentistry: Recruitment · 19 Jun 2026
- General Practitioners: West Dorset · 19 Jun 2026
- General Practitioners: West Dorset · 19 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to increase the number of NHS dentists treating children in West Dorset.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
No assessment has been made on waiting times for children’s National Health Service dental appointments.The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including NHS dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Dental Services: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS dentistry provision in West Dorset.
Dental Services: Rural Areas
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental appointments in rural areas.
Dentistry: Recruitment
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what incentives his Department is providing to recruit and retain NHS dentists in West Dorset constituency.
General Practitioners: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP access in West Dorset.
General Practitioners: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the condition of GP estate buildings in West Dorset.
General Practitioners: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase support for GP practices in rural communities in West Dorset.
Pharmacy: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve pharmacy provision in West Dorset.
Pharmacy: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the sustainability of community pharmacies in West Dorset.
Ambulance Services
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support ambulance services in West Dorset.
Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative safeguards to protect hospital helipads from closure.
Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that hospital helipads are protected from (a) planning and (b) operational restrictions.
Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of major trauma hospitals operate 24-hour hospital helipads in England.