Written questions

Dental Services: Standards

Commons · Question 21500 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to begin rolling out measures to deliver the 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments this financial year; and how many such appointments he plans to deliver within the same peri

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 7 Jan 2025

The Government is committed to tackling the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care. We are working to ensure that patients can start to access 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments as soon as possible, targeti...