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Asked by Juliet CampbellLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 61854

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists were employed in (a) Broxtowe constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The following table shows how many National Health Service dentists were employed in 2011/12 and 2023/24 in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), which includes the Broxtowe constituency, as well as regional figures for the Midlands:

Year

Number of dentists employed in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

Number of dentists employed in the Midlands

2011/12

448

4,016

2023/24

578

4,454

Notes:

  1. we do not hold data on how many NHS dentists are employed at constituency level as well as the East Midlands region; and
  2. we have given 2011/12 data as we do not hold data for 2010/11.

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