Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 22 March 2006.
More than 8,000 people were on a waiting list for NHS dental care last year in my constituency. Thanks to the hard work of the primary care trust, that was down to 3,000 until this Monday, when a major NHS dental practice pulled out of care, meaning that the figure is back up to 9,000. When will the Prime Minister get a grip on the NHS dental crisis in this country?