Dental Services
(asked on 19th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the provision of dental treatment in domiciliary settings.
This question was answered on 25th March 2015
NHS England is responsible for commissioning all dental services including domiciliary care to meet local need. The range of care offered in domiciliary settings can be limited by constraints on equipment, health and safety issues and cross infection. NHS England considers all these factors as well as costs in commissioning domiciliary dental services.