Dental Services: North East
Commons · Question 30196 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS dental service waiting lists in (a) Hexham, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 Feb 2025
Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. There is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend. Some dental practices...