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It is important to recognise that we have been taking steps to achieve that by providing free dental treatment for people up to the age of 25—so, under 26s. We heard from dental practice owners that under 26s are asking for cosmetic treatments such as teeth whitening, which is putting a burden on practices.
I do not know whether you have the Scottish Parliament Information centre’s papers, which say that the “latest modelling, (including mitigating the two-child limit), estimates 100,000 fewer children in relative poverty” by 2030.
OSCR has five priorities in its 2023-26 corporate strategy, five different priorities in its regulatory priorities for 2024-26 and six focuses, which are listed online in the “How we regulate” section of the OSCR website.
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Date answered:
23 March 2026
The 90th percentile reflects the upper limit on how long nine out of ten waits have lasted.The latest data covers all waits for an ongoing new outpatient appointment up to 31 January 2026, as set out in the following table.Table 1.
I agree with Maggie Chapman and Karen Adam that we need many more new Scots. The new Scots refugee integration strategy is a partnership that is led by the Scottish Government, COSLA and the Scottish Refugee Council.