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Dental Health: Sepsis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have a) contracted and b) died as a result of sepsis caused by dental issues in each of the last 10 years in England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
11 Jun 2026
Answer
14 Jul 2026 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have a) contracted and b) died as a result of sepsis caused by dental issues in each of the last 10 years in England.

  2. 11 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Data on sepsis contracted as a result of dental issues is not held centrally, as data on sepsis is not broken down by underlying cause.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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