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...