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Dental Services: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 23161 · Tabled 10 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the regulation of private dental charges.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jan 2025

The National Health Service contracts independent dental providers to deliver NHS dental treatment. Dentists must make clear which treatments can be provided on the NHS and which can only be provided on a private basis, and the costs associated for each. ...