Dental Services
Commons · Question 3152 · 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 guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on managing the transfer of NHS dental patients when a practice (a) hands back and (b) partially hands back its NHS contract.
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...