PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Dentistry (24 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists (a) there are as of 24 January 2022 and (b) have stopped providing NHS treatment within the last 12 months, by parliamentary constituency in England.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

No estimate has been made of the number of dentists that have left the National Health Service in the last twelve months. Data on NHS dentists is not available by parliamentary constituency or on the specific date requested. However, the number of dentists providing NHS care from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 is expected to be published in the third quarter of 2022/23.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
28 January 2022