Question follow-through · 10023

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on implementing the NHS dental contract reforms announced in December 2025.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
17 Jun 2026
Answer
19 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on implementing the NHS dental contract reforms announced in December 2025.

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    From April 2026, we began introducing the package of reforms announced in December to address some of the pressing issues that dentists and dental teams have been experiencing. These reforms will prioritise those with the greatest need, shifting care away...

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