Question follow-through · 128613

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS dental practices are accepting new adult NHS patients in (a) Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS dental practices are accepting new adult NHS patients in (a) Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) England.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    As of January 2026, the latest data available, 9% of National Health Service dental practices in the Great Yarmouth constituency were showing as ‘accepting new adult patients when availability allows’. For the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (IC...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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