Written questions

Dentistry: North Shropshire

Commons · Question 61964 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentists in North Shropshire.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 9 Jul 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...