Dame Harriett Baldwin highlights the increased number of dental appointments in the Worcestershire and Herefordshire integrated care board area as a result of the NHS dental recovery plan which was launched earlier this year.
Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)
The NHS dental recovery plan was launched earlier this year, and the Secretary of State has on his desk news about the impact that it is having. Could he share with the House how much the plan has increased appointments in the Worcestershire and Herefordshire integrated care board area?
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)
The Conservative party lauded that plan during the general election, when I think the public delivered their verdict on the progress that it had made. NHS dentistry is non-existent in huge parts of the country. We will stick with some aspects of the previous Government’s dental recovery plan because they are the right solutions, but there are gimmicks that we will not proceed with. We will come forward with a serious plan to reform the dental contract, which the Conservatives committed to in 2010 but failed to do in every single year of their 14 years.