Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78795

Dentistry: North East

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS dentist posts are unfilled in the (a) Borough of Stockton-on-Tees and (b) North East.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The latest available National Health Service workforce statistics reflect the situation as of December 2024. According to this data, there were 623 Full Time Equivalent NHS dentists within the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board area. T...

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