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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...