Dental Services
(asked on 1st February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he reviews to understand the challenges and solutions required to improve access to NHS dental care in areas where access to NHS dentistry is constrained.
This question was answered on 7th February 2022
NHS Digital collects information on National Health Service dental activity, including clinical treatments, dental workforce and the number of patients seen by an NHS dentist by region in each financial year. These statistics and data held at regional level on the oral health needs of the population is used to assess the adequacy of provision.