Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122304
Dental Services: East of England
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS dentists to reduce waiting lists by Local Dental Committee area in the East of England.
Answer
Stephen KinnockPatients 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 and there are no centr...
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