Asked by: Sally Jameson (Labour (Co-op) - Doncaster Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We are determined to rebuild dentistry for the long term.
We will deliver an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments; reform the dental contract; and introduce supervised toothbrushing for three- to five-year-olds in the most deprived communities.
We are working with the dental sector, including the British Dental Association, to deliver these shared ambitions.
Asked by: Sally Jameson (Labour (Co-op) - Doncaster Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for audiology appointments in Doncaster Central constituency.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board has advised that Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals is temporarily adjusting its Adult and Children Audiology services to enable the trust to make key improvements to its information technology systems and clinical spaces. During this time, the trust has advised that urgent cases will be prioritised, with collaboration from neighbouring providers in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire and essential services like hearing aid repairs, tinnitus clinics, and certain diagnostic tests such as Auditory Brainstem Response will still be provided. The trust has advised that full services are expected to resume early in the new year.