Integrated Care Boards: Dentistry
(asked on 2nd November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of having dentists' representation on Integrated Care Boards.
This question was answered on 9th November 2022
The Health and Care Act 2022 sets out the minimum membership requirement of the integrated care boards, which include representatives from National Health Service trusts, primary care and local authorities. However, by local agreement, these minimum requirements can be supplemented in order to address local needs.