Dental Services

(asked on 29th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the availability of dentist appointments for NHS patients in (a) England and (b) Ellesmere Port and Neston in August (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th November 2020

NHS England and NHS Improvement are responsible for commissioning primary National Health Service dental services to meet the needs of the local population. A health needs assessment for West Cheshire, including Ellesmere Port and Neston was undertaken for the period 2018/2019 which was subsequently updated in January 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the way NHS dental services are delivered and, unfortunately, the particular risks of infection COVID-19 presents for some dental procedures means that service activity is still reduced due to the impact of infection prevention and control requirements. NHS England and NHS Improvement and dental practices themselves remain focused on restoring as much service as possible.

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