Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 6636 on Dental Services: Norfolk, what estimate his Department has made of the median travel time for adult patients to access an NHS dental practice currently accepting new patients in North West Norfolk constituency.

No estimate has been made on the median travel time for adult patients to access a National Health Service dental practice in the constituency of North West Norfolk.

The ‘Find a Dentist’ website can be used to determine the locations of NHS practices accepting new adult patients, and is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist/

Patients in England are not registered with an NHS dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. There is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend. Some dental practices may operate local waiting list arrangements.

NHS dentists are required to keep their NHS.UK profiles up to date so that patients can find a dentist more easily. This includes information on whether they are accepting new patients.