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1358436

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
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	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all dentists are eligible for free influenza vaccinations.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL2831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Dentists are eligible for a free flu vaccine through occupational health arrangements made by their employer. Flu vaccination is recommended for all frontline healthcare workers who have direct contact with patients and service users. Employers should commission a service which makes access easy for all frontline staff, encourage staff to get vaccinated and monitor the delivery of their programmes.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 26/10/2021 15:00:18 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1246427

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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	Dentistry: Key Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits to patients of designating dentists and dental teams as key workers.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2021 answer text <p>All frontline health and social care staff are designated as key workers including dentists and their teams.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/01/2021 12:26:10 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1246428

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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 Health: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward proposals (1) to improve children’s oral health, and (2) to reduce the number of children admitted to hospital for dental extractions in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the green paper <em>Advancing our health; Prevention in the 2020s</em>, the Government intends to seek views on the merits of expanding the current provision to reach more children in pre-school and primary school settings in England. Water fluoridation is also clinically proven to improve oral health particularly for children. The green paper set out a commitment to reduce the barriers to expanding water fluoridation and this is being carefully considered.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no recent national evaluation of the effectiveness of the existing local authority led individual schemes that promote toothbrushing. Public Health England regularly review available evidence on the effectiveness of measures to promote oral health including supervised toothbrushing. This includes evidence from schemes in England and those in other parts of the United Kingdom including the well-established scheme in Scotland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL9466 question first answered 10/12/2020 14:36:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1246429

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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 Health: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the provision of supervised tooth brushing programmes for children; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of those programmes on reducing oral health inequalities in children in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the green paper <em>Advancing our health; Prevention in the 2020s</em>, the Government intends to seek views on the merits of expanding the current provision to reach more children in pre-school and primary school settings in England. Water fluoridation is also clinically proven to improve oral health particularly for children. The green paper set out a commitment to reduce the barriers to expanding water fluoridation and this is being carefully considered.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no recent national evaluation of the effectiveness of the existing local authority led individual schemes that promote toothbrushing. Public Health England regularly review available evidence on the effectiveness of measures to promote oral health including supervised toothbrushing. This includes evidence from schemes in England and those in other parts of the United Kingdom including the well-established scheme in Scotland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL9465 question first answered 10/12/2020 14:36:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1242273

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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 Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan (1) to confirm the funding, and (2) to announce the timing, of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Funding has been received for 2019/20. The Adult Dental Health Survey protocol has been developed and stakeholder engagement completed. Funding for 2020/21 would enable the commencement of the survey fieldwork. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to impact on the clinical examination.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 21/10/2020 14:07:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1227911

registered interest
date	24/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of (1) the limited availability of, and (2) the long waiting times for, dental treatments under general anaesthesia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on children and vulnerable adults.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL7272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>With NHS services under intense pressure as COVID-19 spread, we ensured that we had as many beds available as possible to care for patients with severe respiratory problems during the COVID-19 pandemic peak.</p><p>To enable this, every hospital in England suspended non-urgent elective operations to free up additional capacity needed to assist with the COVID-19 response. With the pandemic easing, National Health Service providers are now expected to recover the maximum elective activity possible between now and winter, making full use of available capacity both in the NHS and in contracted independent hospitals.</p><p>Elective care activity is now ramping up, and by October we expect the NHS to deliver:</p><p>- The same number of outpatient attendances, follow ups, scans and endoscopy procedures as October last year; and</p><p>- 90% of the overnight elective procedures and day cases carried out last October.</p><p>Dental extractions which require general anaesthesia and therefore are carried out in hospital are included in this recovery by the NHS.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 01/09/2020 15:10:19 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1227912

registered interest
date	24/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the NHS dental budget to mitigate any effects resulting from the reduction in routine dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL7273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service dentists have been receiving their full funding with minor adjustments throughout the COVID-19 period. They are now open for face to face including routine care and are restarting services in line with the increased infection control required to minimise the risk of transmission. NHS England and NHS Improvement are carefully considering any impact this may have on the overall provision of primary care dental services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 01/09/2020 15:03:00 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1191865

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005 will be amended to set out any revised NHS dental charges in England for the year commencing April 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL3683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic climate a decision was made to freeze dental patient charges at 2019/20 levels. This is a temporary freeze being kept under review. No changes have been made to current dental exemption arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 15/05/2020 11:45:42 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1189736

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Dental Services: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the evidence base was for excluding dental practices from the business rate relief support being offered during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what plans they have, if any, to extend that support to include such practices.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL3253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, such as medical service providers, has also been made available.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider any further financial assistance necessary to help businesses get through this period.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/05/2020 15:07:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1182882

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Dentistry: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost per student to the public purse in providing (1) a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and (2) foundation training for a dental graduate.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL2205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>This information is not routinely collected centrally. However, the Department estimates that the total Government outlay is on average around £230,000 for the provision of a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and around £110,000 for the provision of foundation training for a dental graduate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/03/2020 17:37:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn