Dental Services: Basildon and Thurrock
Commons · Question 115691 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Patients to benefit from improved access to dental appointments, published on 21 February 2026, how many additional urgent appointments wil
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 2026
The Government is committed to ensuring people can access urgent dental care when they need it. Over the past year, integrated care boards (ICBs) have been commissioning additional urgent dental appointments and there is now an urgent care safety net avai...