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Dental Services: Finance

Asked by Adrian RamsayGreen PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 January 2025UIN 25121

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the New Patient Premium scheme.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Government has no plans to extend the New Patient Premium scheme. The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.

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