Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England regarding reform of the dental contract.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with the Department and the British Dental Association on the reform of the National Health Service dental contract, which aims to improve patient access to NHS care. We are currently negotiating proposed changes to the NHS contract for dentistry services with the British Dental Association.