NHS Dental Contracting Framework

Part of Health and Social Care – in the House of Commons am ar 23 Gorffennaf 2024.

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Photo of Wes Streeting Wes Streeting Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

It is appalling that Norfolk and Waveney are so poorly served in terms of dentistry. There are only 36 dentists per 100,000 people, compared with the national average of 53, so when my hon. Friend says that her community is a dental desert, Members should know that it is the Sahara of dental deserts. We will work with partners to ensure that patients across the country can access a dentist when they need one. I am aware, not least thanks to her advocacy and the advocacy of other Labour MPs across Norfolk, of the University of East Anglia’s proposal, and I would be delighted to meet her and my colleagues.