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	answer has question	eD4MSvam
	answer has answering person	Neil John O'Brien
	answer text	<p>There are no current plans to do so. Where a pregnant woman is unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through a local National Health Service dental practice, they are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including for vulnerable people and pregnant women, whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices. These changes have been implemented, including through regulations that came into effect on 25 November 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions on further improvements to the NHS dental system are underway and being led by NHS England, involving the British Dental Association, other dental stakeholder groups and patients.</p>
	answer given date	2023-01-17
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	5wr1SZvS
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	5wr1SZvS
eD4MSvam	question has answer	5wr1SZvS
Neil John O'Brien	answering person has answer	5wr1SZvS