United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 17895
Dental Health: Pupils
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17 May 2021
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12 July 2021 · Answer
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12 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating NHS England to commission services so all schools provide (a) annual or (b) six monthly dental checks for pupils.
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17 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating NHS England to commission services so all schools provide (a) annual or (b) six monthly dental checks for pupils.
Source: Commons
12 July 2021
Answer
Screening all children for dental disease is not currently recommended by the United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The evidence and recommendations for this policy were last assessed by the UK NSC in December 2019 and are set to be review...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-17/17895
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1337973
- uk · wq-1337973 · source updated 12 July 2021