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I commend the hon. Lady on bringing this forward. She is absolutely right that there is a dental crisis not just in West Sussex, but across the whole United Kingdom. Some 14 million people cannot get an NHS dentist. Whenever I look back—and I am old enough to look back,...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
16 June 2026
Reference
787 c345WH
House
House of Commons

I commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this debate, in which all of us across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have an interest. The Government committed themselves to increasing dental training places by 40%, but the fact is that after three years of training, those...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 June 2026
Reference
787 c649
House
House of Commons

That this House notes the shocking state of NHS dentistry across the country; raises once again the all too common cases of DIY tooth extractions and patients forced to attend A&E due to dental pain; highlights the worrying rates of access for children, with over 5 million children not seeing...

Primary sponsor
Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
4 June 2026
Reference
279
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to update dental professional healthcare regulation.

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Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 September 2025
Reference
75961
House
House of Commons

That this House is deeply concerned by the growing crisis in NHS dentistry, particularly in rural constituencies such as West Dorset, where just 15 dental practices offer any form of NHS care to a population of 94,000, equating to more than 2,300 residents per dentist; notes that only 36% of...

Primary sponsor
Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
7 July 2025
Reference
1615
House
House of Commons

On that critical point, dental care must start in primary school. When I was at school—that was not yesterday, of course—they came in to check the children’s teeth. We had that the whole way through, but that process is missing today. Does the hon. Gentleman think that primary school should...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 December 2024
Reference
758 c988WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. Does the hon. Member not agree that the story in the south-west is being replicated across all of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? He may not be aware of a survey of almost 300 dentists in Northern...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 November 2024
Reference
756 c157WH
House
House of Commons

I commend the hon. Lady for bringing this issue forward; the number of people in the Chamber indicates the interest in it right across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Does she agree that dentistry is on the brink and that the additional national insurance contributions are...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
5 November 2024
Reference
756 c275
House
House of Commons

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2024
Reference
754 c93
House
House of Commons

I thank the Secretary of State for today’s debate. The whole House, and indeed the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, wishes him well in bringing forward the changes that we wish to see. An issue that comes to my attention regularly is research and...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2024
Reference
754 c85
House
House of Commons

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations go from here to Northern Ireland, and then we endorse them; if we do not get them from here to start with, we cannot make people better. That is the point that I was trying to make.

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2024
Reference
754 c85
House
House of Commons

One of the things that came up at our party conference some time ago was a recommendation from the British Medical Association and the General Medical Council to encourage medical students into local trusts by paying their fees, which would pay for itself given the cost of locum doctors in...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2024
Reference
754 c97
House
House of Commons

I thank the shadow Secretary of State for bringing this debate forward. The stats from the British Dental Association cannot be ignored. In its survey, 41% of practice owners and 38% of associate dentists said that they would like to leave NHS dentistry as soon as possible. This debate will...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 January 2024
Reference
743 c164
House
House of Commons

That this House acknowledges with concern the survey by the British Dental Association which shows the dental workforce has been reduced to a level not seen since 2012-13; notes an unmet need for dentistry was at a record high at one in four of the adult population in 2022; further...

Primary sponsor
Emma Hardy (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
5 June 2023
Reference
1257
House
House of Commons

I commend the hon. Gentleman and his team of MPs who come along to support one another on these issues. I am really impressed by how well they do their job. They did it yesterday, and they are doing it today; well done to them.

Across the whole of the United...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 May 2023
Reference
733 cc136-7WH
House
House of Commons

May I say what a pleasure it is to speak and give a Northern Ireland perspective to this debate, as I do in every debate I attend? The Minister has no responsibility for Northern Ireland—he knows that; I know that. Nonetheless, I would like to add a Northern Ireland perspective,...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 April 2023
Reference
731 cc1007-9
House
House of Commons

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 June 2022
Reference
716 c375WH
House
House of Commons

I know that this debate is about NHS dentistry in England, but may I say—regionally—that the problems are just as real in Northern Ireland as they are anywhere else? My concern is that there is no access to NHS dentistry any more in Northern Ireland; either people pay for dentistry,...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 June 2022
Reference
716 c375WH
House
House of Commons

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this debate to the Chamber, because this is an important subject, not only for him, but for all of us. Does he agree that unless we have more support for the dental industry and for affordable dental care, this will not be possible...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 February 2022
Reference
708 c769
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way and for bringing this matter to the House for discussion. Oral health is a big issue right across the whole of the United Kingdom. In Northern Ireland, some plans have been mooted to introduce fluoridation in the water. That has been resisted...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
17 October 2012
Reference
551 c448
House
House of Commons