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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
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 more like this
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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 assessment he has made of the capacity of urgent dental care hubs to treat referred patients. more like this
tabling member constituency Nottingham North more like this
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Alex Norris more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-03more like thismore than 2020-06-03
answer text <p>The Government is working to support and protect all our frontline National Health Services health and care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, including dentists.</p><p>NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each NHS region.</p><p>As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open across England. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety. A copy of the letter that was published can be found on the NHS England website.</p><p>The latest COVID-19 guidance for dental practices can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice</a></p>
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-03T16:01:37.34Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-03T16:01:37.34Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4641
label Biography information for Alex Norris more like this