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Written Question
Dental Services
Wednesday 8th February 2023

Asked by: Baroness Pidding (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, what steps they are taking to ensure the resumption of mobile dental services for housebound patients in England; and what guidance is available to the public advising how these services can be accessed.

Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

The commissioning responsibility for dental services lies with seven regions across England who will have local processes in place, including identifying areas of need and determining the priorities for investment to meet those needs, including services for housebound patients. Following the resumption of face-to-face dental services on 8 June 2020, dental providers were asked to prioritise urgent care and high needs vulnerable patients.

Information on dental treatment for people with special needs, including how housebound patients can access domiciliary services, is available in an online-only format on the National Health Service website. Community dental services provide specialised dental services and are available in a variety of places to ensure everyone can have access to dental care. These include hospitals, specialists’ health centres and mobile clinics, as well as home visits or visits in nursing and care homes.

Written Question
Dental Services
Wednesday 8th February 2023

Asked by: Baroness Pidding (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of registered mobile dentists in England.

Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

The information is not held centrally.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Wuhan Institute of Virology

"My Lords, in an article in the Financial Times in May, Sir Patrick Vallance said that the Prime Minister had asked him, ahead of the G7, to pull together relevant experts to start looking at how a future pandemic could be dealt with more swiftly—and, most importantly, on a global …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Covid-19: Government’s Publication of Contracts

"My Lords, crisis situations such as the present pandemic require action, not paper. Does the Minister agree that, during a national emergency, the British people want a Government who focus resources on saving lives over prioritising red tape?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, with the potential need for a rolling programme of booster injections or vaccination against new variants, can my noble friend tell the House what infrastructure is being planned so that we can protect our entire population for as long as is necessary?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 09 Feb 2021
Covid-19: Over-75s

"My Lords, with the opening up of appointment slots for the fourth cohort, as announced by the Secretary of State last night, can the Minister assure all those in earlier cohorts that their second dose of the vaccine will be given in a timely manner within the 12-week timeframe, and …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Social Care Funding (EAC Report)

"My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean and the members of the Economic Affairs Committee for the production of such a thought-provoking and rightly challenging report and for initiating this important debate.

While there are clearly long-term issues that need to be addressed, in my view …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Covid-19: Vaccine

"My Lords, I appreciate the necessity of getting as many people vaccinated as possible and the need therefore to be agile and flexible in making policy decisions. However, would the Minister agree with me and other Lords that it is also critical we win the battle of communications? We need …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Nov 2020
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, I join with others in welcoming the news regarding a possible vaccine and shall look forward to hearing more in the coming weeks. At last, we have some light at the end of a very dark tunnel. With lockdown 2 expiring on 2 December, it is critical that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Covid-19

"My Lords, we have clear evidence that obesity is a real hazard with regard to Covid-19. Tackling obesity and promoting the benefits of exercise, both for our physical and mental well-being, are quite rightly priorities of this Government, both now during this pandemic and beyond. Does my noble friend the …..."
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