Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of dentists in (a) Oxfordshire, (b) Oxford and (c) Abingdon.
The information requested is available at integrated care board (ICB) level only. The latest National Health Service Dental Statistics for England Annual Report shows that in 2022/23, 1090 dentists in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICBs performed NHS work. Dental Statistics is available at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics