Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of admissions to A&E for dentistry.

Data on accident and emergency (A&E) admissions by diagnosis is collected centrally by NHS Digital. NHS Digital records dentistry admissions via A&E within the maxillofacial diagnosis group but are not disaggregated. Specific data on dentistry admission levels is therefore not available for assessment by the Department centrally. Changes in emergency admissions levels will be monitored locally by National Health Service commissioners and providers who are best placed to respond to patient demand locally. The NHS has put in place over 600 urgent dental centres to support the provision of urgent and emergency care.