Harlow MP Chris Vince questions Wes Streeting over dental care
Health / Wed 20th Nov 2024 at 09:10am
HARLOW MP Chris Vince has question the Secretary of State for Health Care, Wes Streeting on the state of dental care in the town
Chris Vince said: Does the Secretary of State agree that access to primary care is hugely important to supporting accident and emergency departments at hospitals like the Princess Alexandra in Harlow? Does he also agree that access to primary care is about not just GPs but dentists?
“Finally, what are the Government’s plans to support dental surgeries such as the aptly named Harlow dental surgery, which I visited last week?
Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care replied: My hon. Friend is right that many of the pressures on our hospitals, such as the Princess Alexandra in Harlow, are a result of pressures in other parts of the health and social care system.
It is outrageous that the biggest reason for five to nine-year-olds presenting to hospital is tooth decay, which is why we need to get NHS dentistry back on its feet, along with the rest of the NHS.
My hon. Friend the Minister for Care and I have regularly met the British Dental Association since the general election to consider how the dental contract can be reformed to retain dentists and rebuild NHS dental services.
David Forman
2024-11-20 10:37:07
They will have a meeting with the British Dental Association. No mention of extra money and no detailed budget. Something of a running theme from Vince since his Group Leader's days.
David Forman
2024-11-20 12:43:39
Here is Wes Streeting's vague answer to Vince's question from Hansard's record for 19 November 2024: "My hon. Friend is right that many of the pressures on our hospitals, such as the Princess Alexandra in Harlow, are a result of pressures in other parts of the health and social care system. It is outrageous that the biggest reason for five to nine-year-olds presenting to hospital is tooth decay, which is why we need to get NHS dentistry back on its feet, along with the rest of the NHS. My hon. Friend the Minister for Care and I have regularly met the British Dental Association since the general election to consider how the dental contract can be reformed to retain dentists and rebuild NHS dental services.
Brian Ashton
2024-11-20 13:30:53
Have to admit I am surprised that the answer wasn't "We are launching a review into this which will report back in the Spring"
AB
2024-11-21 06:06:33
The decay of our Dental Service is yet another result of the rot of 'austerity' that cannot be fixed in a few initial months of government.
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