Health and Social Care

Monday 7th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Access to NHS Dentistry

The following is an extract from the Westminster Hall debate on Access to NHS Dentistry on 10 February 2022.

[Maria Caulfield]

I place on record my thanks to dental teams up and down the country. Urgent appointments went back to pre-pandemic levels in December 2020, but with only 85% of activity allowed the backlogs will only grow.

[Official Report, 10 February 2022, Vol. 708, c. 485WH.]

Letter of correspondence from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield).

An error has been identified in my response to the Westminster Hall debate on Access to NHS Dentistry.

The correct response should have been:

[Maria Caulfield]

I place on record my thanks to dental teams up and down the country. Urgent appointments went back to pre-pandemic levels in December 2020, but with the quarter four threshold set at 85% of activity, the backlogs will only grow.