Dental Services
Commons · Question 72309 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 47877 on NHS dental professionals, which (a) regions and (b) localities his Department has identified as being in greatest need of more NHS dental p
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Sep 2025
The responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of local populations is delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) across England.ICBs have started to recruit posts through the Golden Hello scheme. This recruitment incentive ...