Dental Services
Commons · Question 52981 · Tabled 16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England is offering temporary funding for private providers to deliver NHS dental care in areas with insufficient NHS provision.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Jun 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 areas that need them most. To rebuild dentist...