Written questions

Dental Services: Norfolk

Commons · Question 78513 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a tie-in period for newly qualified dentists on NHS dental patients in Norfolk.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Oct 2025

As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will make it a requirement for newly qualified dentists to practice in the National Health Service for a minimum period which we intend to be at least three years. That will mean more NHS dentists, more NHS appo...