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Dental Services: West Dorset

Asked by Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 28 February 2025UIN 32795

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS dentists accepting new patients in West Dorset constituency.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

As of 4 February 2025, in the West Dorset constituency, there were 15 National Health Service dentist practices, with two showing as ‘accepting new child patients when availability allows’ and two 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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