Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30196

Dental Services: North East

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS dental service waiting lists in (a) Hexham, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.

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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