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Dental Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for an NHS dental appointment was in (a) York Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last ten years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for an NHS dental appointment was in (a) York Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last ten years.

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. There is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend. Dental practices may ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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