Dental Services: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 26669 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of piloting mobile NHS dental clinics to help improve access to routine dental care in remote communities.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 4 Feb 2025
The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...