Question follow-through · 19708
Dental Services: Anaesthetics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) maximum wait is for a special care adult to have dental treatment under general anaesthetic in the Community Dental Service for which the latest data is available.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 53 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) maximum wait is for a special care adult to have dental treatment under general anaesthetic in the Community Dental Service for which the latest data is available.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
Further to the answer of 9 July to Question 16108, NHS England is currently completing quality assurance for the new waiting list data, in order to ensure that the information is accurate, complete, and suitable for sharing with providers and commissioner...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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