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 improve (a) provision of and (b) access to routine NHS dental care services in (i) Coventry North East constituency and (ii) Coventry.

The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with stakeholders, including the British Dental Association (BDA), to improve the National Health Service dental system. Negotiations are currently underway on measures to improve patient access, reduce health inequalities and make the NHS a more attractive place to work for dentists, including in Coventry. We will set out a timetable for implementation when these negotiations conclude.

Between April and June 2022, NHS England and NHS Improvement have asked practices to deliver at least 95% of contracted units of dental activity to safely improve access for patients.