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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists in West Sussex accepting patients for NHS dental services in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists in West Sussex accepting patients for NHS dental services in the latest period for which figures are available.
In 2020/21, the latest period for which figures are available, there were 527 dentists with National Health Service activity in the NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group. To improve information on the number of NHS dentists accepting patients, including in West Sussex, we have written to dental practices to ensure that this information is updated via NHS.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentistry patients are registered in Bolton South East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentistry patients are registered in Bolton South East constituency.
The information requested is not held centrally. Dental patients are not registered to a particular practice outside a course of treatment. A dental practice can accept a patient for a course of treatment and there are no geographical restrictions on which practice a patient may attend.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help patients who live in areas where no dental practices have (a) applied for or (b) been granted funding via the announced £50 million fund for additional dental appointments and are unable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help patients who live in areas where no dental practices have (a) applied for or (b) been granted funding via the announced £50 million fund for additional dental appointments and are unable...
NHS England set regional budgets for the additional £50 million based on weighted 2020/21 baseline payments. National Health Service regional teams are working with local providers to commission additional activity to improve access for patients. Regional commissioners are facilitating the distribution of the additional funding in all regions.
NHS dental practices have been asked to meet as many prioritised needs as is safely possible through urgent care, care for vulnerable groups and children, followed by delayed planned care. Patients can contact NHS England’s Customer Contact Centre for assistance in finding a local dental practice or NHS111 if seeking urgent dental care. We are currently developing further proposals for dental system reform with the aim of improving access for patients.
Motion that this House has considered access to NHS dentistry. Agreed to on question.
Motion that this House has considered access to NHS dentistry. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that cancer patients have access to dental services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that cancer patients have access to dental services.
National Health Service dentists have been asked to maximise safe throughput to meet as many prioritised needs as possible, focussing first on urgent care and vulnerable groups followed by overdue appointments. Patients undergoing treatment for cancer should therefore be prioritised for treatment.