Petition · past parliament
Increase NHS funding to ensure all children have access to local NHS dental care
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
We call on the Government to increase funding for NHS dentistry to ensure all children have access to local NHS dental care.
Contracts for NHS dental care should be available to children regardless of whether it is an NHS or private dentist so that no child is denied access to local dental care
Contracts for NHS dental care should be available to children regardless of whether it is an NHS or private dentist so that no child is denied access to local dental care
Many families are being forced into the position where they must fund private dental care for themselves and their children or risk having no dentist available locally to provide NHS treatment.
Many children will be negatively impacted by the lack of NHS availability and a whole generation of children risk poor dental health because a private route is not financially an option.
Many children will be negatively impacted by the lack of NHS availability and a whole generation of children risk poor dental health because a private route is not financially an option.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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Increase funding to ensure all children in England have access to an NHS dentist
Increase funding to ensure all children in England have access to an NHS dentist
Increase funding to ensure all children in England have access to an NHS dentist
Increase funding to ensure all children in England have access to an NHS dentist
Timeline
| 30 Dec 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 Jan 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 Jan 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.