Question follow-through · 25184

Dental Services: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned time frame is for giving NHS primary care dentists access to the single patient record.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
22 Sept 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned time frame is for giving NHS primary care dentists access to the single patient record.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Health Bill before Parliament will provide the legislative framework for the Single Patient Record. The programme is developing the technical and delivery approach, working with healthcare professionals, patients, the public, National Health Service p...

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