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Written question asked by David Warburton (Independent (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 26 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 October 2022. It was answered by Neil O'Brien (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 November 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Dental Services: Somerton and Frome

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentistry provision in Somerton and Frome constituency.

Answer

No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022 including in Somerton and Frome constituency. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet National Health Service (NHS) dental needs and increase access to dental services, including in Somerton and Frome constituency.

The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
72391
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Dental services Somerton and Frome
Link
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