This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Fund regular in-school dental health check-ups for children
All children should have access to see a dentist. The Government should fund a programme of regular check-ups for pupils in schools, by qualified dentists, like the old ‘school dentists’.
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There is a national dentistry crisis, and children are now facing not being able to register with dentists. Oral health is very important, and a child not having access to this opportunity could lead to problems in later life.
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Related activity
Government announces plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry
The Government has set out a new plan to recover and reform NHS Dentistry. On 7 February 2024, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Victoria Atkins MP, announced the Government's new plan in the House of Commons, and this was discussed by MPs.
What measures has the Government announced?
The actions the Government has announced include:
- Offering dentists additional payments for seeing and treating patients that haven't been seen in over two years
- Increasing the minimum payment that dentists receive for delivering NHS treatments
- Deploying dental vans to more isolated, rural and coastal areas which will offer check-ups and simple treatments
- Launching a consultation on expanding water fluoridation
Find out more about the Government's plans.
What are Ministerial statements?
Ministerial statements are a way for Ministers to bring an important matter to the attention of the House.
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