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1714939

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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 estimate she has made of the number of children unable to access NHS dentistry in England; and whether she has set a target date by which all children in England will be able to access an NHS dentist.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	24218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The Dentistry Recovery Plan will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients, and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment. The Dentistry Recovery plan also sets out a new emphasis on prevention and good oral health in children. As part of this plan, our 'Smile for Life' initiative includes supporting nurseries and early years settings to incorporate good oral hygiene into daily routines, and providing advice to expectant parents on how to protect their baby’s teeth. The plan will deploy mobile dental teams into schools to provide advice and deliver preventative treatments to more than 165,000 children. Data on the number of children who have been seen by a National Health Service dentist in the last 12 months is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2022-23-annual-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2022-23-annual-report</a></p><p>Data is also available on the number of adults who have tried to get an NHS dentist appointment in the last 24 months, and whether they were or were not successful. This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/2023/07/13/gp-patient-survey-dental-statistics-january-to-march-2023-england/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/2023/07/13/gp-patient-survey-dental-statistics-january-to-march-2023-england/</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/05/2024 14:03:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689481

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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 information her Department holds on the number of children aged ten and under that received dental (a) treatment and (b) surgery under general anaesthetic in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	14380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The data for children aged ten years old and under that have received dental treatment and surgery under general anaesthetic is not held centrally. We want to improve oral hygiene and access to dental care for all children, regardless of where in England they live. Access to dentistry is improving, and last year around 800,000 more children saw a National Health Service dentist.</p><p>On 7 February 2024 we published Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS Dentistry. The Dentistry Recovery Plan will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients, and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments. The plan also sets out a new emphasis on prevention and good oral health in children. This includes supporting nurseries and early years settings to incorporate good oral hygiene into daily routines and providing advice to expectant parents on how to protect their baby’s teeth. The plan will also deploy mobile dental teams into schools in under-served areas to provide advice and deliver preventative treatments to more than 165,000 children.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/02/2024 17:33:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1655867

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 ensure that all children can (a) be registered with an NHS dentist and (b) receive regular check-ups at a dental practice.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	195974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many of these practices do tend to see patients regularly. NHS dental practices are contracted to deliver activity and to deliver a course of treatment to an individual irrelevant of where they live, rather than to provide ongoing regular care. This means that there is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend, allowing patients the choice of where they would like to receive a course of treatment.</p><p>The Department announced a package of improvements to the NHS dental system in July 2022 and detailed in ‘Our plan for patients’. These changes make it a legal requirement for dentists to update their information on the NHS website to improve information available to patients. The regulations came into effect in November 2022.</p><p>The latest NHS Dental Statistics for England show that 6.4 million children were seen by an NHS dentist in the 12 months up to 30 June 2023, an increase of 800,000 or 14% when compared to the previous year.</p><p>Dental practices are also being supported to adhere more closely to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on recall intervals which indicate that a healthy adult with good oral health need only see a dentist every two years and a child every year.</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 08/09/2023 10:45:43 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1647655

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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, how much his Department spent on secondary dental healthcare for children in the 2022-23 financial year; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing funding for primary dental care on the level of demand for secondary care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of increasing funding for primary dental care on the level of demand for secondary care</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 05/07/2023 13:41:50 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 84750 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1647657

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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, if he will make an estimate of the average frequency with which children visit dentists in (a) York Central constituency and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The requested information in respect of England is not held centrally. State-funded healthcare within the United Kingdom but outside of England is a devolved matter and the responsibility of the devolved Governments.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 30/06/2023 10:46:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 84748 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1646035

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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 assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of schools collecting data on whether children and young people are seeing an NHS dentist.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	190351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. NHS Digital publishes Dental Statistics for England which includes information on the number of adults and children seen by a dentist, and is available from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2021-22-annual-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2021-22-annual-report</a></p><p>Official guidance states that adults with good oral healthcare should be seen by a dentist once every 24 months and that children should be seen by a dentist once every 12 months. Therefore, the data is published in this format, so that the number of adults regularly visiting their dentist can be shown.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/06/2023 12:22:12 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1646036

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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, if he will take steps to ensure that all children have access to dental health education before 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	190352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population, including for children, was delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) across England.</p><p>Our plan for further reform of the NHS dental system is expected to be announced shortly to build on our reforms announced in July 2022. The plan will include how we can improve oral health outcomes for both adults and children for the longer term; how to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how to incentivise dental practices to deliver more NHS care.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is leading a wide-ranging multi-agency programme focussing on improving children’s oral health. This sits alongside local authorities existing responsibilities for bringing forward oral health-based interventions for the general population, as needed in their local areas.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/06/2023 11:56:40 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1646037

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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 he is taking to commission (a) dental surgeons and (b) other professional educators to deliver preventative dental health programmes to children and young people.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	190353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has published an evidence-based toolkit, ‘Delivering Better Oral Health - an evidence-based toolkit for prevention’, for dental teams and other healthcare professionals to support preventive advice and treatment for their patients, including the prevention of tooth decay in children. The toolkit is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-better-oral-health-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention.</p><p>In England local authorities are responsible for assessing oral health needs, developing oral health strategies, and commissioning oral health improvement programmes for children and adults in their local area. OHID has also published a toolkit for local authorities, ‘Improving oral health: an evidence-informed toolkit for local authorities’, which includes a recommendation for oral health training for the wider professional workforce. This is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-oral-health-an-evidence-informed-toolkit-for-local-authorities</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/06/2023 16:04:30 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1628894

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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 the capacity is for the (a) number and (b) proportion of children in England that can be registered for NHS dentistry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	185780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>State funded healthcare provided by the National Health Service in England, including dentistry, is available free of charge to all children who are ordinarily resident in England and under the age of 18 years old or under 19 years old and in full-time education.</p><p>Unlike general practitioners' patients, dental patients are not registered to a particular practice. A dental practice can accept a patient for a course of treatment if they have capacity to deliver that treatment. There are no geographical restrictions on which dental practice a patient may attend, allowing patients the choice of where they receive treatment.</p><p>Where a person is unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through a local NHS dental practice for their child, they are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/05/2023 15:57:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1627855

registered interest
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