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Dental Services

Asked by Clive LewisLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 February 2025UIN 902701

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

We are determined to rebuild dentistry for the long term.

We will deliver an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments; reform the dental contract; and introduce supervised toothbrushing for three- to five-year-olds in the most deprived communities.

We are working with the dental sector, including the British Dental Association, to deliver these shared ambitions.

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