Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South East) I declare an interest, as I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on dentistry and oral health - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) as we have heard, oral health is incredibly important. - Speech Link
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1: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) Good oral health relies on healthy lifestyles. - Speech Link
2: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) as well as oral health implications. - Speech Link
3: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) from negative oral health as a result. - Speech Link
4: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) are achieving everything that they need to, while promoting good oral health and hygiene and reinforcing - Speech Link
5: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) talked about the fact that oral health is a good indicator of general health. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South East) and oral health.When launching the NHS dentistry recovery plan exactly six weeks ago, the Secretary - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) link between poor oral health and oral cancer is serious? - Speech Link
2: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) It worsened access and widened oral health inequalities.The hon. - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) age and primary age children—about oral health and hygiene. - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) New medical insights link oral hygiene with heart and lung health. - Speech Link
5: None and promote good oral health throughout life. - Speech Link
6: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) and promote good oral health throughout life. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) Our recently published plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry will make dental services faster, simpler - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) Given that over 8,800 new oral cancers were diagnosed last year, and a fifth of those were in people - Speech Link
3: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) In fact, NICE says that if you are in good oral health you will need that only every 24 months, with - Speech Link
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of children aged ten and under that received dental (a) treatment and (b) surgery under general anaesthetic in each year since 2015.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The data for children aged ten years old and under that have received dental treatment and surgery under general anaesthetic is not held centrally. We want to improve oral hygiene and access to dental care for all children, regardless of where in England they live. Access to dentistry is improving, and last year around 800,000 more children saw a National Health Service dentist.
On 7 February 2024 we published Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS Dentistry. The Dentistry Recovery Plan will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients, and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments. The plan also sets out a new emphasis on prevention and good oral health in children. This includes supporting nurseries and early years settings to incorporate good oral hygiene into daily routines and providing advice to expectant parents on how to protect their baby’s teeth. The plan will also deploy mobile dental teams into schools in under-served areas to provide advice and deliver preventative treatments to more than 165,000 children.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
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 reduce waiting lists of young people waiting for braces.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
More National Health Service orthodontic care is being delivered, with the Units of Orthodontic Activity having increased by 5.7% when compared to pre-pandemic figures, from 4.1 million in 2018/19 to 4.4 million in 2022/23. This suggests more NHS orthodontic care is being commissioned and delivered.
From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to involve patient groups, to undertake oral health need assessments to identify areas of need, and to determine the priorities for investment.
NHS England has published guidance to support commissioners in taking advantage of the opportunities offered through additional services, which includes orthodontic services, and further services, by using flexible commissioning to tailor services to meet local population oral health needs. Further information is available at the following link:
Correspondence Feb. 12 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health on the Dental Recovery Plan
Asked by: Baroness Redfern (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform NHS dental contracts to ensure that they prioritise prevention.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. This included the transfer of all funding, Units of Dental Activity, and the management responsibility for National Health Service dentistry.
The current NHS dental contract already requires dental services to provide preventative care and treatment. To support dentists with this, NHS England and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have produced a comprehensive toolkit for dentists, providing evidence-based interventions and advice on how dental health professionals can improve and maintain their patient’s oral health. This guidance is available on the GOV.UK website, in an online-only format.
As set out in Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, we are working on further reforms to the 2006 contract, in discussion with the dental profession, to properly reflect the care needed by different patients, and more fairly remunerate practices. We expect to develop options for consultation with the dental profession in advance of a further announcement later this year. Any changes would be phased in from 2025 onwards. The plan also includes a range of measures which will prevent poor oral health, particularly in the youngest children, including dental teams providing preventative advice and treatment to reception-age children in the most under-served areas, and a new Smile for Life programme which will provide education and advice for nurseries and other early years settings.
Feb. 07 2024
Source Page: Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistryFound: Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry