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HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI am delighted to confirm that. We have wanted to deal with the issues as quickly as we can, but also with an eye to the future. This is the way in which the Government set out…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI join my hon. Friend in his praise for our right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom). As I say, we are having to apply strict criteria to the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI must admit that I did not know quite where that question was going, but I think the hon. Gentleman is urging me to speak to dentists. I am delighted to reassure him that my…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank my hon. Friend and fellow greater Lincolnshire MP for her question. In terms of the mechanics of this being delivered, the new patient premiums will come into force and…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformThat is exactly what we are doing, and not just in relation to other European nations but in relation to other countries around the world. We want the General Dental Council to…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI well understand why my hon. Friend has asked that question, about a matter that other Members have also raised. We are exploring ways in which we can make the expenditure of the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformMy hon. Friend will appreciate that I get a lot of invitations, but I will do everything I can to meet him. His passion and ambition for his local area shine through, and not just…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformIndeed, and it was a pleasure to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the issues facing his constituents. I hope he recognises that we will have those aims very much in mind in the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformAgain, we have heard a very loud performance from the hon. Gentleman—a typically loud performance. If only it had been as factual as it was loud. I have already set out, in…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformThe hon. Gentleman has quoted Healthwatch. I presume that he will also be gracious enough to acknowledge that the move to introduce 15 dental vans has, in fact, been welcomed by…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI hope the hon. Gentleman will publicise the new patient premium, because that is one of the levers through which we will unlock places for new patients. I remember that he has…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformMy ethos is to make our NHS and social care system faster, simpler and fairer, and not just for patients but for practitioners. We do not want bureaucracy to get in the way of the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformMy hon. Friend was probably summing up this morning’s toothbrushing ahead of the school run for many mums and dads up and down the country. That is the point—we want to work with…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI think it is very courageous of any Labour Member of Parliament to talk about education, because we know just how dire the education results are in Labour-run Wales. Yes, I have…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformAs I have said, dentists are independent contractors but we want to encourage them back into the NHS if they have left it, and we believe that the new patient premium and the work…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI must thank my hon. Friend for all his work. I know how much how much effort and commitment he has put into these plans, and it shows the genuine— [ Interruption. ] Sorry; the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformMy hon. Friend is exactly right. She is a wonderful constituency Member who speaks up for her constituents, and I can assure them that she has been talking to me since the moment…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformThe right hon. Lady will know that part of the focus of the long-term workforce plan is to train people where they are most needed. I will happily arrange for her to meet the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI am delighted to tell my hon. Friend that those dental surgeries already operating under NHS contracts will have the benefit of new patient premiums and the increased rate of…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformThe hon. Gentleman articulates the case against Labour-run Wales with great power. There is £200 million on top of the £3 billion that we already spend on NHS dentistry in…07 Feb 2024