Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what percentage the Community Dental Service Whole Time Equivalent workforce in England has changed in the last 10 years.

In 2024, NHS England introduced the annual Dental Workforce Survey to improve understanding of the National Health Service dental workforce. NHS England has published this survey, and it is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/dental-workforce/

This survey includes a subset of data for Community Dental Services. As this collection was only commenced in 2024, we do not hold the previous 10 years’ data to be able to assess the percentage level of change within the Community Dental Service whole time equivalent workforce.