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Dental Services: West Yorkshire

Asked by Jade BotterillLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32688

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dentists are taking on new NHS patients in (a) Ossett and Denby Dale constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

As of 4 February 2025, there were 13 National Health Service dental practices in Ossett and Denby Dale constituency, with three, or 23%, showing as ‘accepting new child patients when availability allows’ and two, or 15%, showing as ‘accepting new adult patients when availability allows’. In West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, there were 269 NHS dental practices, with 86, or 32%, showing as ‘accepting new child patients when availability allows’ and 48, or 18%, 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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