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Dental Services: Portsmouth North

Commons · Question 51077 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Amanda Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) patient access to, (b) staff retention in and (c) recruitment to NHS dentistry in Portsmouth North constituency.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 15 May 2025

We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including NHS dentistry, to...