Dental Services: Private Sector
Commons · Question 50290 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 May 2025
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support financially disadvantaged people to access private dental services in areas where NHS service are not readily available.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 May 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...