Dental Services: Epilepsy
Commons · Question 54203 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rachel Gilmour
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing medical exemptions to access NHS care for dental injuries caused as a result of epileptic seizures.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Jun 2025
There are currently no plans to extend the list of people eligible for free National Health Service dental care to include those with dental injuries caused by epileptic seizures. Free NHS dental care is available to people who meet one of the following c...