Dental Services
Commons · Question 52851 · Tabled 16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 May 2025
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data centrally on average waiting times for access to NHS dentistry.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 May 2025
No assessment has been made. 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 ...