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Dental Services: Gedling

Asked by Michael PayneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 July 2024UIN 1075

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many open dentistry practices were accepting adult NHS patients in Gedling constituency (a) on the most recent date for which data is available and (b) in 2010.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

While the data requested is not available for 2010, as of 10 July 2024, there were 13 open dentistry practices in the Gedling constituency, two of which were showing as accepting new adult patients. This data is sourced from the Find a Dentist website, and is matched to constituencies based on the postcode data shown on the website, which is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist

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