Dental Services: Finance
Commons · Question 18809 · Tabled 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS dental funding levels on the recruitment and retention of dentists providing NHS care.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 Jul 2026
Since July 2024, the Government has been rebuilding a broken National Health Service dentistry system. We have delivered 1.8 million more dental treatments and reduced the underspend from £392 million in 2023/24 to just £36 million in 2024/25, maximising ...