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Dental Services: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 46556 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) simplify the exemption process for dental charges for people on Universal Credit and (b) introduce a real-time exemption checker for use in dental practices simi

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 24 Apr 2025

Free National Health Service dental care is available to people who meet the following criteria:- under 18 years old, or under 19 years old and in full-time education;- pregnant, or have had a baby in the previous 12 months;- being treated in an NHS hospi...