Dental Services: East Midlands
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of NHS dental provision in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) the East Midlands.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
The Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available from the following link:
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324
In the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, which includes Nottinghamshire, 42% of adults were seen by a National Health Service dentist in the previous 24 months to June 2024, compared to 40% in England. In addition, 60% of children were seen by an NHS dentist in the previous 12 months to June 2024, compared to 56% in England.
Within the Midlands region, which includes the East Midlands, 42% of adults were seen by an NHS dentist in the previous 24 months to June 2024, compared to 40% in England. Additionally, 56% of children were seen by an NHS dentist in the previous 12 months to June 2024, compared to 56% in England.
The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access NHS dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most.
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