Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93714

Dental Services: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Tabled: 24 November 2025

Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices are currently accepting new NHS patients in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency; and what data his Department holds on waiting times for NHS dental treatment in t

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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