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...