| Heading: |
Dental Services: Pregnancy |
| Question ID: |
1796928 |
| UIN: |
47879 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5070 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lisa Smart
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lisa Smart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dental care for (a) pregnant women and (b) women in the postnatal period. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist and we want to make sure that everyone who needs a National Health Service dentist can get one, including pregnant women and new mothers. The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patient... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |