NHS: Dental Services
(asked on 21st September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of NHS dentist appointments.
This question was answered on 27th September 2022
No specific assessment has been made. However, in 2022/23 we have provided an additional £50 million to increase dental activity and patient appointments and dental and orthodontic practices were asked to deliver 100% of contracted activity from July 2022. Where patients are unable to access an urgent dental appointment, NHS 111 can provide assistance.