Question follow-through · 13362
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent reforms to NHS dental contracts in England on patient access to services and supporting dentists to deliver NHS care; and whether he has consider
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent reforms to NHS dental contracts in England on patient access to services and supporting dentists to deliver NHS care; and whether he has consider
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
We have introduced a package of reforms this year to address some of the pressing issues that dentists and dental teams have been experiencing. These reforms prioritise those with the greatest need, shifting care away from clinically unnecessary check-ups...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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