Dental Services: Older People
Commons · Question 32700 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by James MacCleary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to NHS dentistry for (a) pensioners and (b) people who are unable to afford private treatment.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 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 areas that need them most. Sussex Integrated ...