Dental Services: Contracts
Commons · Question 122042 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will reform NHS dental contracts to help increase practitioner remuneration and expand patient access in underserved areas.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 24 Mar 2026
We are committed to reforming the dental contract, with a focus on matching resources to need, improving access, promoting prevention, and rewarding dentists fairly. As a first step, from April 2026, we will be implementing reforms to the current National...