questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect and publish data on the impact of poor oral health and delayed or unmet dental treatment on NHS hospital costs; and whether his Department collects data on cases of sepsis associated with dental infections and the associated costs to the NHS.
answerText: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) produces an annual report which analyses tooth extraction hospital episodes due to tooth decay, and other reasons, in National Health Service hospitals in England for zero to 19 year olds. OHID’s re...
heading: Dental Health and Sepsis