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

LabourDunstable 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 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 and there are no centr...

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