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.

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.