Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of dental practises are rated as Good by the CQC in Wellingborough constituency.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) team regulates all health and social care services in England. The Commission ensures the quality and safety of care in hospitals, dentists, ambulances, and care homes. The CQC does not rate dental practices, as they have been found to pose a lower risk to patient safety than other regulated sectors.
Asked by: Thérèse Coffey (Conservative - Suffolk Coastal)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of NHS dentists in Suffolk Coastal constituency.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
On 7 February, we published Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, which is backed by £200 million and will fund around 2.5 million additional appointments. The plan sets out our actions to improve dental access for patients across the country to address the challenges facing NHS dentistry, including in Suffolk.
From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is responsible for having local processes in place to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment across the ICB area.
NHS Dental Statistics, published by NHS Digital, provides data on dental activity in England. The latest annual report is available online at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
Asked by: Thérèse Coffey (Conservative - Suffolk Coastal)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help increase access to dentists in (a) Suffolk Coastal constituency and (b) Suffolk.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
On 7 February, we published Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, which is backed by £200 million and will fund around 2.5 million additional appointments. The plan sets out our actions to improve dental access for patients across the country to address the challenges facing NHS dentistry, including in Suffolk.
From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is responsible for having local processes in place to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment across the ICB area.
NHS Dental Statistics, published by NHS Digital, provides data on dental activity in England. The latest annual report is available online at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of offering one-off payments to dentists that agree to work in under-served areas on the morale of other dentists.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
We want to encourage all professionals to commit more of their time to National Health Service work, and to work in areas of the country with low provision of NHS dental care. That is why we are introducing Golden Hellos, as set out in our plan to reform and recover NHS dentistry. A golden hello of £20,000 will be offered per dentist, for a total of up to 240 dentists. The Golden Hellos will support practices in areas where recruitment is particularly challenging and make a real difference to those patients needing dental care.
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: Duty of candour review: call for evidence. 8p.Found: as follows: Regulation 20 defines the notifiable safety incident harm threshold for all other services
Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) Why are emergency and elective services always in the same building? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Lab - Life peer) This is just as true for the NHS’s engagement with other public services. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) About dental care, it says:“You need no application form. - Speech Link
4: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) A huge amount could and should be done to save costs through shared services. - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) With the dental plan, we have had 500 new surgeries and a 50% increase in the numbers taking adult NHS - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) migration that is needs based and delivers positive outcomes for Scotland’s communities and public services - Speech Link
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) First Minister’s salary, to pay more so that we can provide more funding—record funding—to our public services - Speech Link
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Overall nursing and midwifery staffing is at a record high, and the number of medical and dental consultants - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland) The Government are absolutely right to fund the doubling of dental training places over the next five - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) absolutely right that increasing the number and making sure that every region has medical schools and dental - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He has secured new and improved rail services across the region. - Speech Link
Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of public satisfaction with the NHS was in (a) February 2024 or (b) the most recent month and year that data has been collected.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Data regarding the rate of public satisfaction with the National Health Service is publicly accessible, and is available at the following link:
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/explore/institution/NHS
My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care takes public perceptions of the NHS into account in her policy decisions. We have published recovery plans for elective services, urgent and emergency care, primary care and dental care, to improve access and performance of crucial NHS services.
Furthermore, we have made a great deal of progress in putting patients at the heart of care, through our recently announced programmes to expand choice, advanced care planning conversations, personal health budgets, and by providing more information to patients.
Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of public satisfaction with the NHS.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Data regarding the rate of public satisfaction with the National Health Service is publicly accessible, and is available at the following link:
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/explore/institution/NHS
My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care takes public perceptions of the NHS into account in her policy decisions. We have published recovery plans for elective services, urgent and emergency care, primary care and dental care, to improve access and performance of crucial NHS services.
Furthermore, we have made a great deal of progress in putting patients at the heart of care, through our recently announced programmes to expand choice, advanced care planning conversations, personal health budgets, and by providing more information to patients.