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date	20/11/2023
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: City of Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for registering with an NHS dentist in City of Durham constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	2664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Patients do not routinely join National Health Service dental waiting lists and are only registered with a dental practice for a course of treatment. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will address how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how we make NHS work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/11/2023 13:50:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

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registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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: City of Durham
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 help improve access to NHS dental services in the City of Durham.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	108376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in the City of Durham.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 November 2022, the Department introduced legislation to amend the National Health Service dental contract to incentivise dentists to deliver care to high needs patients through fairer remuneration. The legislation requires NHS dentists to update their NHS.UK profiles more frequently to ensure patients can access accurate information on the services available. The Department will enable NHS England’s commissioners to more flexibly commission additional care for patients where this can be delivered by NHS dental teams.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/12/2022 16:43:12 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1523622

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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: City of Durham
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 the Government is taking to ensure that every child in the City of Durham constituency has access to an NHS dentist.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	66018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Our Plan for Patients’ includes initial improvements to ensure dentists are remunerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver NHS treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The Plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists; and holding the local ICS to account for dentistry provision. A statement was also made on 19<sup>th</sup> July on the reforms that the Government has made to the dental contract.</p><p>The Government is working hard with NHS England and contractors to restore dental services across England, including in Durham. NHS England asked dental practices to return to delivering 100% of their contracted activity from July 2022.</p><p>In circumstances where parents are unable to access an urgent dental appointment for their child directly through a NHS dental practice, they should contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 12:08:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 27471 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy