Dental Services: West Dorset
Commons · Question 32871 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of reductions in the percentage of adults attending NHS dental appointments in West Dorset constituency.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 11 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 the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...