Armed Forces: Dental Services
(asked on 25th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were waiting for dental care as of 25 January 2024, broken down by service.
This question was answered on 30th January 2024
As of 1 December 2023, which is the latest available data, 26,625 UK Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category 2 or 3, meaning that they require either preventative or interventive treatment to achieve optimal dental fitness. The table below shows a breakdown of these numbers by service.
NATO Category 2 | NATO Category 3 | |
All | 15,084 | 11,541 |
Army | 9,588 | 7,702 |
Royal Navy1 | 2,453 | 1,717 |
RAF | 3,043 | 2,122 |
1 Includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel.