HC Deb 14 November 1972 vol 846 c72W
Mr. John Hall

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what arrangements are made to ensure that emergency dental services are available outside normal surgery hours.

Sir K. Joseph

This is a matter for local arrangement. In view, however, of reports of difficulty in obtaining emergency treatment, I have asked the Working Party on Dental Services to consider whether circumstances have changed so materially since 1962 as to warrant some modification of the Estimates Committee's conclusion that the setting up of special emergency arrangements in each area would not be justified.