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Dental Services: South East

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 February 2025UIN 31711

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients seeking emergency dental care in A&E in the South East of England.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

In 2023/24, there were 11,360 accident and emergency attendances of patients resident in South East England where there was a primary diagnosis related to dental issues. The data is from the Emergency Care Data Set, collected by NHS England.

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