Question follow-through · 19470
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason extraction-based orthodontic treatment is the predominant model of care within NHS orthodontic services, in the context of airway-focused and growth-guidance approaches.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 53 calendar days after tabling
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- Respiratory Diseases: Health Services · 28 Aug 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason extraction-based orthodontic treatment is the predominant model of care within NHS orthodontic services, in the context of airway-focused and growth-guidance approaches.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department is unable to intervene in or comment on individual cases. However, information for patients who have concerns or complaints about the treatments they have received on how to raise those issues with the relevant bodies is available at the fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her department’s timeline is for deciding on the second wave of Modern Service Frameworks, and whether respiratory conditions will be considered.