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Dental Services: Finance

Asked by Adam DanceLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 November 2024UIN 12011

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on ringfencing dental budgets in the 2025-26 financial year.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

NHS England is responsible for issuing guidance to integrated care boards (ICBs) on dental budgets, including ringfencing. NHS England will publish planning guidance in due course.

Responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to ICBs across England. For Yeovil, this is the NHS Somerset ICB.

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