A question on #DentalServices tabled by Lisa Smart on 24-04-2025 has been answered by Stephen Kinnock.

Heading: Dental Services
Question ID: 1796926
UIN: 47877
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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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing incentive schemes to encourage NHS dentists to practice in areas that are experiencing a shortage of NHS dental
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Date answered: 2025-05-07
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Answering Member ID: 4359
Answering Member display name: Stephen Kinnock
Answering Member handle: skinnock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @skinnock
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Answer text: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.Integrated care boards have started to advertise posts through the Golden Hello scheme....
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true