Dental Services: Lincolnshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services for disabled patients in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the needs of their population and ensuring that the relevant dental services are available.
We recognise that certain groups of patients may find it difficult to access dental care. Community dental services are available to people whose additional needs may mean they are not able to be treated at high street dental practices. Under the Equality Act 2010, health and care organisations, including dental practices, have a legal duty to make reasonable adjustments in their approach and provision to ensure that services are as accessible to disabled patients as they are for everybody else.
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