Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) private general dental practitioners, (b) general dental practitioners offering a mix of NHS and private treatment, (c) NHS general dental practitioners and (d) community dentists employed by non-NHS organisations are considered essential workers during the November 2020 covid-19 restrictions for the purposes of (i) attending work and (ii) accessing covid-19 testing.
All health and social care front line staff, including dentists and their staff, are considered essential workers for the purpose of attending work and accessing testing. This has applied since the first COVID-19 restrictions and continues to apply to date. This includes those providing private dental treatment as well as those providing National Health Service care.