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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 ...