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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-25more like thismore than 2019-07-25
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Dental Services: Children more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) level and (b) quality of the provision of NHS dentistry services to children under the age of 12. more like this
tabling member constituency Leeds North West more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Sobel more like this
uin 282408 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-09-03more like thismore than 2019-09-03
answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning primary care dental services to meet the needs of the local population and ensuring where there are shortages these are addressed.</p><p>Latest data from the GP Patient Survey shows that seven million children were seen by a dentist in the 12 month period ending 31 December 2018.</p><p>NHS England has developed two initiatives that are directly targeting children’s oral health. The Starting Well programme was established by NHS England to reach out to children not regularly being seen by a dentist in 13 high needs areas. NHS England has advised that here are currently over 200 practices participating in the programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-09-03T16:18:59.613Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-03T16:18:59.613Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4658
label Biography information for Alex Sobel more like this