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Dental Services: Contracts

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 26911

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental providers have had to return their contracts in each month since April 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The following table shows the total number of general dental practice contracts that were terminated by contractors each month from April to December 2024:

Month

Number of contractor terminations

April

4

May

7

June

7

July

6

August

5

September

5

October

4

November

3

December

1

Source: data for December is incomplete, as it only includes contracts terminated between 1 and 28 December.

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