Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of NHS dentistry services.

• Our dental reforms of last July aimed to make NHS work more attractive to dental practices and improve access for patients.

• We have seen improvements to access. We have seen 23% more Courses of Treatment delivered to patients in 2022-23 compared to the previous year, and the number seen by an NHS dentist has also increased from 2021-22.

• I held a roundtable with MPs last week and am aware of the challenges still being faced by many. We will publish the dental recovery plan as soon as possible.