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1627855

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date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to local NHS dental services for children in (a) England and (b) Somerton and Frome constituency.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	185040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>From 1 April 2023 responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population, including for children, has been delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. NHS England has published an accompanying Assurance Framework which sets out its approach to providing assurance that commissioning functions are carried out safely and effectively by ICBs.</p><p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which sets out how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to NHS dental for patients of all ages, whilst making the National Health Service dental contract more attractive to dental practices. These changes have been implemented, including through regulations that came into effect on 25 November 2022. NHS England is holding further discussions with the British Dental Association and other stakeholders for plans for additional reforms of the NHS Dental System coming shortly.</p><p>In circumstances where a guardian or parents are unable to access an urgent dental appointment for their child directly through a NHS dental practice, they are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 22/05/2023 16:33:35 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1603096

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Somerset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of dental practices that offered NHS dental services in (a) Somerton and Frome constituency and (b) Somerset in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	162529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/03/2023 15:22:13 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 62650 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1538223

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Records: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to support NHS GP surgeries with the extra workload associated with the forthcoming rollout of expanded patient access to medical records.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	76035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Since 2019, it has been a contractual requirement for general practitioner (GP) practices to offer all patients access to their record. Following recommendations published by the Royal College of General Practitioners, NHS England provided GP practices with a four-month notice period prior to the planned deployment of automatic online access to prospective records for patients registered with practices using TPP and EMIS information technology systems.</p><p>NHS England has hosted webinars for practice staff to prepare for this change, published guidance and a checklist detailing policies and processes which require updating.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/11/2022 10:08:24 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1536446

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Somerton and Frome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentistry provision in Somerton and Frome constituency.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	72391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022 including in Somerton and Frome constituency. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet National Health Service (NHS) dental needs and increase access to dental services, including in Somerton and Frome constituency.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/11/2022 12:53:58 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1536448

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Somerset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) recruitment, (b) training and (c) retention of NHS dentists in Somerset.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	72392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor the number of dental school places in England to ensure that the NHS has the necessary dental workforce to meet future demand.</p><p>The Department worked with NHSE and negotiated with the BDA on a package of improvements to the NHS dental systems which was announced on 19 July 2022. These improvements, which are supported by the sector will mean dentists are more fairly rewarded for the NHS care that they deliver, making NHS dentistry a more attractive place for dentists and their teams to work. The Department is now working with NHS England and the sector on longer-term improvements to NHS dentistry.</p><p>Health Education England (HEE) have undertaken a three-year Advancing Dental Care Review of education and training which they are now implementing through their Dental Education Reform Programme to improve recruitment and retention including in Somerset constituency.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/11/2022 13:06:46 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton