Asked by: Ben Everitt (Conservative - Milton Keynes North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving access to NHS dentistry.
Answered by James Morris
Ministers have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues relating to health and social care, such as access to dentistry.
Since July 2022, NHS England has asked practices to deliver 100% of contracted units of dental activity to safely improve access for patients. We will shortly announce a range of measures to increase access to National Health Service dentistry, target care towards those patients with higher oral health needs and reward dentists more fairly for the care they deliver through the NHS. We have developed these improvements with the sector and British Dental Association.
Asked by: Ben Everitt (Conservative - Milton Keynes North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the 10-Year Cancer Plan includes specific targets on less survivable cancers, including brain cancer, to ensure that progress is made on survival rates for those cancers.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Officials are currently analysing the responses received to the call for evidence to develop the 10 Year Cancer Plan. The Plan will address all cancer types, including rarer and less survivable cancers such as brain cancer.
Asked by: Ben Everitt (Conservative - Milton Keynes North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the cap on medical and dentistry courses for students in 2022.
Answered by Edward Argar
There are currently no plans to increase the cap on medical or dentistry school places in England in 2022.
Asked by: Ben Everitt (Conservative - Milton Keynes North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what healthcare (a) support and (b) facilities his Department will provide to Ukrainian refugees who arrive in the UK.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The Department is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement and other Government Departments to ensure that Ukranian nationals arriving in the United Kingdom through the various schemes are signposted to registering with general practitioner.
Asked by: Ben Everitt (Conservative - Milton Keynes North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 2009 NICE guidelines on rehabilitation after critical illness become standard practice in NHS Trusts.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Health and care commissioners are expected to take the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines fully into account. These guidelines provide recommendations on best practice in terms of both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions and services.
NHS England’s Adult Critical Care Service specification states that providers must comply with the 2009 NICE clinical guideline on rehabilitation after critical illness. The specification is available at the following link: