Written questions

Dental Services: West Dorset

Commons · Question 52982 · 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 he plans to introduce targeted incentives for dentists treating low-income patients privately due to levels of NHS provision in West Dorset.

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...