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Dental Services: High Peak

Asked by Jon PearceLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 August 2024UIN 2012

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dentists taking new NHS patients in High Peak constituency.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

As of 10 July 2024, there were eight open dentistry practices in the High Peak constituency, three of which were showing as accepting new adult patients when availability allows. 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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