Dental Services
Commons · Question 3151 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of NHS dental care for patients whose practice has converted in (a) whole and (b) part to private provision.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 18 Jun 2026
No estimate has been made of the number of patients whose regular National Health Service dentist has ceased to provide NHS care in the last 24 months.The NHS contracts with independent dental providers to deliver NHS dental treatment in primary care sett...