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Dental Services

Commons · Question 33103 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, if he will instruct NHS England to make further change

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 2025

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