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Dental Services: Standards

Asked by Dr Simon OpherLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 January 2025UIN 21499

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to deliver 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments each year.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Government is committed to tackling the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care. We are working to ensure that patients can start to access 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments as soon as possible, targeting areas that need them most. We will set out further information on this commitment, including how this will be measured, in due course.

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