Written questions

Dental Services: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

Commons · Question 52853 · Tabled 16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 May 2025

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentistry appointments in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 May 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 the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...