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Dental Services: Contracts

Asked by Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 October 2024UIN 5591

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to review the dental contract.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to National Health Service dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.

There are no perfect payment systems and careful consideration needs to be given to any potential changes to the complex dental system, so that we deliver a system better for patients and the profession.

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