Dentistry: Stockport
Question
Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 175704 on Dentistry: Stockport, for what reasons his Department does not centrally hold data on the number of dentists.
Answer
Neil O'BrienThe General Dental Council (GDC) maintains a register of qualified dentists. The GDC is the independent healthcare regulator with statutory responsibility for regulating dentistry. Only those appropriately registered with the GDC may practise dentistry in the United Kingdom.
In order to deliver National Health Service primary care services, a dentist must also be listed on the Dental Performers List of the country in which they wish to practise. 24,272 dentists delivered NHS dental care in England in 2021/22, an increase of 539 dentists compared to the previous year.