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Dental Services: North Cornwall

Asked by Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 July 2024UIN 1149

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in North Cornwall constituency accepting adult NHS patients (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in the last 5 years for which figures are available.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

While the data requested is not available for the last five years, as of 10 July 2024, there were 11 open dentistry practices in the North Cornwall constituency, none 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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