NHS Dental Services Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes 2026-01-13
2026-01-13
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The NHS dentistry system in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes is under scrutiny due to concerns over access to dental services. The latest statistics show that while there has been an increase in children seeing a dentist, the rate for adults has declined.
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency? The latest NHS statistics show that 7,000 more children saw a dentist in 2024-25 than in the previous year in the Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care board area. However, the rate for adults has slipped from 43% to 41% over the same period. How quickly does the Minister think that my adult constituents in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes will benefit from more appointments and more dentists?
There is good news that we are making progress on children’s oral health, but we accept that there is still a way to go on the broader picture. We are making 27,196 additional urgent appointments available in the Humber and North Yorkshire ICB area. Our reforms will kick in from April of this year, significantly increasing the unit of dental activity fee rate for urgent care to incentivise more dentists to do urgent NHS dentistry. There is also a golden hello system and other measures to address underserved areas.
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