Dental Services: Standards
Commons · Question 111340 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Rachel Gilmour
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in urgent care Units of Dental Activity on trends in the level of the provision of routine and preventative NHS dental care.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Feb 2026
We recognise that urgent, routine, and preventative dental care is important and we are taking steps to address this.We are committed to delivering fundamental reform of the dental contract before the end of this Parliament. As a first step, on 16 Decembe...