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Addressing the Crisis in NHS Dentistry

  • Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-07812
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 08 February 2023

Motions as amended

That the Parliament recognises the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the provision of dental services; thanks all NHS dentists, dental nurses and wider staff for their efforts to provide dental care for the people of Scotland; supports the reform of the NHS dentistry payment system to ensure that the recovery that has been seen in the last year can be built upon; understands that the bridging and multiplier arrangements supported significant increases in activity; notes that, since the start of the pandemic, dentistry has been provided with over £150 million of additional support to sustain the sector; further notes that 95.4% of people in Scotland are registered with a dentist, an increase of 44.3% since 2007; commends the work of the Childsmile programme, which is delivering preventative efforts to improve dental health now and in the future; welcomes the abolition of NHS dental charges for everyone under the age of 26, and supports the removal of all such charges by the end of the current parliamentary session.


Vote

Result 65 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Angela Constance
  • Angus Robertson
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Ash Regan
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Bill Kidd
  • Bob Doris
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Christine Grahame
  • Clare Adamson
  • Clare Haughey
  • Colin Beattie
  • Collette Stevenson
  • David Torrance
  • Elena Whitham
  • Emma Harper
  • Emma Roddick
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • George Adam
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Graeme Dey
  • Humza Yousaf
  • Ivan McKee
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • James Dornan
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Jenni Minto
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • John Mason
  • John Swinney
  • Karen Adam
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Keith Brown
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Maree Todd
  • Marie McNair
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Natalie Don
  • Neil Gray
  • Paul McLennan
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Shona Robison
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Willie Coffey
Against
  • Gillian Martin
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Kate Forbes
  • Michael Matheson
  • Nicola Sturgeon

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Annie Wells
  • Brian Whittle
  • Craig Hoy
  • Donald Cameron
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Douglas Ross
  • Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
  • Finlay Carson
  • Graham Simpson
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Jamie Greene
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Liam Kerr
  • Maurice Golden
  • Miles Briggs
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Pam Gosal
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Roz McCall
  • Russell Findlay
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Sue Webber
  • Tess White
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Edward Mountain
  • Liz Smith
  • Meghan Gallacher

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Carol Mochan
  • Claire Baker
  • Colin Smyth
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Katy Clark
  • Mark Griffin
  • Martin Whitfield
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Michael Marra
  • Monica Lennon
  • Neil Bibby
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Richard Leonard
  • Sarah Boyack
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Rhoda Grant

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Lorna Slater
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Ross Greer
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Beatrice Wishart
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Original motion text

That the Parliament believes that there is a crisis in NHS dentistry; notes that the number of NHS dental check-ups and treatments being conducted are dramatically below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels; further notes with concern that the number of dentists who are carrying out NHS work has fallen in 11 NHS boards, with the chair of the British Dental Association’s Scottish Dental Practice Committee warning of a “wholescale exodus” from the sector; understands that most dentists are not accepting new NHS patients and that polling has shown that many of those registered have been unable to get appointments; believes that the lack of government action to resolve this is leaving people in pain and will cause wider mouth health issues to be missed, and calls on the Scottish Government to rewrite the NHS Recovery Plan so that it includes dentistry fully and properly recognises the importance of dentists in the course of the recovery, and to urgently reform the funding structures so that dentists can return to taking on NHS activity and enable more patients to be seen.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S6M-07812.3

Addressing the Crisis in NHS Dentistry - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Maree Todd, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Supported by: Kevin Stewart, Humza Yousaf
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Result 67 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-07812.2

Addressing the Crisis in NHS Dentistry - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Result 53 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Defeated

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-07812.1

Addressing the Crisis in NHS Dentistry - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Paul Sweeney, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Supported by: Jackie Baillie
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 8, 2023