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Dental Services: Dorking and Horley

Commons · Question 114670 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

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Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (1) help tacklethe number of NHS dental practices in and around Dorking and Horley that are not accepting new NHS patients; and (2) increase access to NHS den

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Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Mar 2026

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...