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Dental Services: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 115398 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS dentists to tackle waiting lists.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 9 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 and no national waitin...