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Written question asked by Andy Carter (Conservative) on Friday, 26 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 May 2024 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 1 May 2024. A substantive answer was provided by Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Dental Services: Warrington South

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional NHS dental appointments have been made available for patients as a result of the Dental Recovery Plan in Warrington South constituency.

Answer

Our Dentistry Recovery Plan, backed by £200 million, will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for National Health Service dental patients. It will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment. A New Patient Premium is supporting dentists to take on new patients and since the end of January, nearly 500 more practices have said they are open to new patients.

We are committed to evaluating the impacts of the measures included in our plan, and we will publish monthly data on progress once available. Dentists have two months from the date of completion of a course of NHS treatment to submit an FP17 claim for payment.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23962
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Dental services Warrington South
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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