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Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of NHS dental appointments cancelled as a result of practices converting to private provision.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
26 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of NHS dental appointments cancelled as a result of practices converting to private provision.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 May 2026

    Answer published

    No such assessment has been made. Data on the number of National Health Service dental appointments cancelled due to dental practices converting to private provision is not held.The NHS contracts with independent dental providers, to deliver NHS dental tr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Dental Services

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to retain dentists within the NHS workforce.