Dental Services: Runcorn and Helsby
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of dental provision in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
Dental Statistics - England 2023-24, published by NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324
The data for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, which includes the Runcorn and Helsby constituency, shows that 46% of adults were seen by a National Health Service dentist in the previous 24 months, compared to 40% in England; and 62% of children were seen by an NHS dentist in the previous 12 months, compared to 56% in England.
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