Question follow-through · 18482
Dental Health and Sepsis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect and publish data on the impact of poor oral health and delayed or unmet dental treatment on NHS hospital costs; and whether his Department collects da
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Dental Health · 28 Aug 2026
- Dental Health: Sepsis · 28 Aug 2026
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Votes on this topic
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- 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
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect and publish data on the impact of poor oral health and delayed or unmet dental treatment on NHS hospital costs; and whether his Department collects da
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) produces an annual report which analyses tooth extraction hospital episodes due to tooth decay, and other reasons, in National Health Service hospitals in England for zero to 19 year olds. OHID’s re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dental Health
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to collect and publish data on the impact of poor oral health and delayed or unmet dental treatment on NHS hospital activity and costs.
Dental Health: Sepsis
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department collects data on cases of sepsis associated with dental infections; and whether it collects information on the associated costs to the NHS.