Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 174 on Dental Services: Internet, what recent progress has made on been made on increasing the proportion of dentists updating the information on the NHS website; with reference to the letter from NHS England to all dental practices in England on the outcome of 2022/23 Dental Contract Negotiations, dated 19 July 2022, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor compliance with the requirement for dentists to update their details on a quarterly basis; when he plans for this requirement to be in place; and if he will make a statement.

NHS Digital has launched email campaigns to encourage dental practices to update NHS.UK profiles and is improving the process for practices to provide this information online. Compliance will be monitored quarterly through National Health Service dental contracts and we aim for this to be implemented by the end of 2022.