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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...