PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services (11 January 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of 2019 dentistry (a) appointments and (b) treatment took place in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

Answer

The number of unique dentistry patients seen in 2019 was 23,655,188. 56% of this number of patients were seen for treatment in 2020 and 70% in 2021.

The following table shows the proportion of courses of treatment compared to 2019.

Year

Band 1 (%)

Band 2 (%)

Band 3 (%)

Urgent (%)

Other (%)

2020/21

21

30

27

98

51

2021/22

60

75

76

104

69

Note:

Due to the nature of the dental contract, courses of treatment have been used, rather than the number of appointments alone, which is not collected. The last weeks of 2019/20 may have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.


Answered by:
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
18 January 2023

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