Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115398
Dental Services: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS dentists to tackle waiting lists.
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 no national waitin...
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