United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 25607
Dental Services: Rural Areas
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21 January 2025
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27 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the number of NHS appointments in rural areas and (b) improve access to (i) emergency and (ii) routine dental care for those in urgent need.
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21 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the number of NHS appointments in rural areas and (b) improve access to (i) emergency and (ii) routine dental care for those in urgent need.
Source: Commons
27 January 2025
Answer
The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-21/25607
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1757528
- uk · wq-1757528 · source updated 27 January 2025