Dentistry
(asked on 10th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS dentists there were in England in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 16th June 2026
The following table shows the number of dentists that performed National Health Service work each year in England between 2020/21 and 2024/25:
Financial year | Number of dentists performing NHS work |
2020/21 | 23,733 |
2021/22 | 24,265 |
2022/23 | 24,151 |
2023/24 | 24,307 |
2024/25 | 24,655 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority annual dental statistics