NHS: Dental Services
(asked on 25th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists delivered NHS care in each of the last five years in each region of England.
This question was answered on 13th June 2022
The following table shows the number of dentists with National Health Service activity in each region in England in each of the last five years.
| 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
London | 4,179 | 4,548 | 4,495 | 4,435 | 4,380 |
South West | 2,560 | 2,664 | 2,656 | 2,692 | 2,700 |
South East | 4,136 | 4,442 | 4,499 | 4,458 | 4,351 |
Midlands | 4,341 | 4,549 | 4,479 | 4,428 | 4,311 |
East of England | 2,955 | 3,129 | 3,141 | 3,088 | 3,024 |
North West | 3,301 | 3,438 | 3,368 | 3,360 | 3,312 |
North East and Yorkshire | 3,840 | 3,956 | 3,979 | 3,928 | 3,939 |