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Dental Services: Halifax

Asked by Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 July 2024UIN 490

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in Halifax constituency (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in 2010.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The most recent data available is from February 2024. As of that date, there are 15 open dentistry practices in Halifax constituency. Of these practices, 13 carry out a mixture of National Health Service and private work, and two seeing only private patients. There is no data available for 2010.

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