Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114670

Dental Services: Dorking and Horley

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (1) help tacklethe number of NHS dental practices in and around Dorking and Horley that are not accepting new NHS patients; and (2) increase access to NHS den

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. There is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend. Some dental practices...

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