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Dental Services

Commons · Question 3153 · 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 estimate his Department has made of the number of patients whose regular NHS dentist has ceased providing NHS care in the last 24 months.

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...