Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14784

Dental Services: Databases

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England requires dental clinics to record the underlying medical cause of traumatic dental injuries in patient datasets; and what plans he has to introduce a specific recording category

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

NHS England's Dental Record Keeping Standards states that every clinical record should include the patient's presenting complaint and diagnosis, with the diagnosis expected to include the underlying cause. These standards apply to the recording of dental ...

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