Dental Services: Children
(asked on 17th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children under the age of five were seen by an NHS dentist in England in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
The following table shows the number and proportion of children under the age of five seen by a National Health Service dentist in the last 12 months, in England, in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
End of year | Number of children 0-4 years old seen in the last 12 months | Total population of children 0-4 years old | Proportion of children 0-4 years old seen in the last 12 months |
March 2017 | 1,135,028 | 3,434,680 | 33.0% |
March 2018 | 1,159,889 | 3,429,046 | 33.8% |
For March 2019, data will be published in August 2019.