Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:57 pm on 31 January 2022.
Baroness Jolly
Liberal Democrat
2:57,
31 January 2022
My Lords, at present, very few dentists in Cornwall take NHS patients at all. There is very poor public transport and travel distances to access a dentist are invariably more than 20 miles. When does the Minister anticipate patients in Cornwall—and in Devon, as we heard—being able to access NHS dentistry?
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