Mentions:
1: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) The toll this takes on their mental health and wellbeing is huge. - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) for securing this debate and for the sensitive way - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) They depend entirely on oral questions being put to the individual. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) 17 Westminster Hall debates responded to by FCDO ministers, as well as oral questions in both Houses - Speech Link
2: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) May we have a statement from the Department of Health and Social Care on the Government’s plans to maintain - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I shall ensure that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has heard his concerns, and that - Speech Link
4: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland) dental training places over the next five years, because they understand how important access to NHS dentistry - Speech Link
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; or (ii) a Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South East) I declare an interest, as I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on dentistry and oral health - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) as we have heard, oral health is incredibly important. - Speech Link
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; or (ii) a Health and Social Care
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; or (ii) a Health and Social Care
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024Found: the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; or (ii) a Health and Social Care
Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: MHRA FOI performance dataFound: This included “following the Department [of Health and Social Care]’s example and allowing any associations
Apr. 08 2024
Source Page: The Scottish Government's Written Evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) for the 2024-25 Pay RoundFound: The Scottish Government's Written Evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
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, how her Department determines the performance target for units of dental activity for each dental practice.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
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.
The current General Dental Service (GDS) contract and Personal Dental Service (PDS) agreement were introduced in 2006. The majority of contracts which deliver routine, or mandatory, dental services are legacy arrangements from pre-2006, and the contracted Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) under these contracts generally reflect the treatment volumes that were required from each practice prior to the new arrangements coming into force.
Activity levels for any new GDS contracts or PDS agreements would be determined as part of the procurement process, taking into account oral health needs assessments undertaken by ICBs, to identify areas of need and to determine the priorities for investment.
Contractors are expected to deliver 96 to 102% of their agreed activity each year. Where contracts deliver less than 96%, the value of the undelivered activity is recouped from the contractor. Undelivered activity between 96 to 100% may be carried forward into the next financial year. Activity greater than 100% may be funded to 110%, if there is a local arrangement with the ICB, or may be deducted from the activity requirements of the next financial year.