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Dental Services: Contracts

Commons · Question 25091 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) review and (b) reform the national contract for dentists; and what the timeline is for implementation.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 23 Jan 2025

To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful consideration needs to be...