Department of Health and Social Care: Chief Dental Officer

(asked on 21st May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have met with the Chief Dental Officer in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 24th May 2018

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met the Chief Dental Officer for England since her appointment in April 2015. The Chief Dental Officer provides advice to NHS England, Health Education England and the Department. Where advice directly to Ministers is required from any of the professional Chief Officers it is usual for this to be requested by the Minister with portfolio responsibility for that policy area and this is also the case for dentistry.

The Chief Dental Officer has had a number of meetings with Ministers over the last three years. Departmental records suggest that that the Chief Dental Officer has had four formal meetings with individual Ministers over the last three years. She has also supported Ministers at external events and joined wider meetings at which Ministers have been present.

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