Question follow-through · 52852

Dental Services: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
22 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 May 2025

    Answer published

    Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324The data for the N...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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