Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 February 2024 on NHS Dentistry: Recovery and Reform, Official Report, columns 251-253, which areas will be included in the first cohort to offer golden hello payments to dentists.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
To support practices in areas where recruitment is particularly challenging, we will launch a new Golden Hello scheme. We will implement schemes working with integrated care boards that are struggling to recover their activity levels, and would significantly benefit. A Golden Hello of £20,000 will be offered per dentist for up to 240 dentists. Payments will be phased over three years, requiring a commitment from the dentist to stay in that area delivering National Health Service work for at least three years. We will decide on locations in the coming months.
Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South East) and oral health.When launching the NHS dentistry recovery plan exactly six weeks ago, the Secretary - Speech Link
Mar. 19 2024
Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 18 March 2024Found: Previous use of bronch odilators, inhalers and/or oral medication1. d.
Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024
Inquiry: NHS dentistryFound: 2024-03-19 10:15:00+00:00 Oral Evidence
Mar. 19 2024
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Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Penrith and The Border)
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 support access to dentists in (a) Penrith and The Border constituency and (b) England.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
We want to make sure that everyone needing a National Health Service dentist can access one. Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry in England will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment. This is especially important for those who live in rural or coastal communities where we know access can be particularly challenging.
Our plan includes a new Golden Hello scheme for dentists who want to move to those areas which persistently struggle to attract dentists into NHS work. A Golden Hello of £20,000 will be offered per dentist, for a total of up to 240 dentists.
There are other measures in our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will help to improve access across all areas of the country. The new patient premium is designed to support dentists to see patients who may not have seen an NHS dentist for some time, and is offered in recognition of the additional time that may be needed for practices to assess, stabilise, and manage patients’ oral health needs. We will also raise the minimum Unit of Dental Activity rate from £23 to £28, supporting practices across the country to deliver more NHS care.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients affected by unexpected closures of NHS dental practices can still access dental care.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
We want to make sure that everyone needing a National Health Service dentist can access one. Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment. This is especially important for those who live in rural or coastal communities where we know access can be particularly challenging.
Our plan includes a new Golden Hello scheme for dentists who want to move to those areas which persistently struggle to attract dentists into NHS work. A Golden Hello of £20,000 will be offered per dentist, for a total of up to 240 dentists.
There are other measures in our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will help to improve access across all areas of the country. The new patient premium is designed to support dentists to see patients who may not have seen an NHS dentist for some time, and is offered in recognition of the additional time that may be needed for practices to assess, stabilise, and manage patients’ oral health needs. We will also raise the minimum Units of Dental Activity rate from £23 to £28 supporting practices across the country to deliver more NHS care.
Patients unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through an NHS dental practice are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance. NHS dentists are now required to update their NHS website profiles regularly, at least every 90 days, to ensure patients have access to up-to-date information on where they can access care.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which integrated care boards have undertaken an oral health needs assessment.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
From 1 April 2023 responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry has been delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for undertaking oral health needs assessments, to identify areas of oral health need, inform local commissioning intentions, and determine the local priorities for investment. Information on which ICBs have undertaken Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, including oral health needs assessments, is not held centrally.
Mentions:
1: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (XB - Life peer) Add to that the pressures on health, social care and pensions, and we are looking at tens of billions - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) Countries such as Switzerland, Canada and other European countries do far better, in health and education - Speech Link
3: Lord Lee of Trafford (LD - Life peer) defence, where the argument to spend more is compelling at the present time, as well as on our prisons, dentistry - Speech Link
4: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) VAT on schools, which will probably lead to a net increase in cost to the Treasury, as we heard in Oral - Speech Link
5: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) our economy, our society and our health system. - Speech Link
Mar. 14 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 25 December 2023Found: Principal Investigator, E-OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, ANJJ WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION