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 improve access to NHS dentistry in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.

Since July 2022, NHS England has asked practices to deliver 100% of contracted units of dental activity to improve access for patients safely, including in Coventry. The National Health Service regional team in the Midlands is planning to invest further in community dental services to support the most vulnerable patients with special needs and paediatric services reduce waiting times.

The Department and NHS England have recently announced improvements to the NHS dental system to increase access, target patients with higher oral health needs and make NHS dentistry a more attractive place to work for dentists and their teams, including in Coventry.