Question follow-through · 25355
Dental Health
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- 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
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
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.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
An annual report 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, with an estimate of the annual cost of these tooth extractions. This is published a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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