Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to patients who cannot access an NHS dentist.

NHS England’s customer service centre can assist patients to access National Health Service dental service. NHS 111 can also support patients who are unable to access an urgent appointment directly through a dental practice. We have written to dental practices and commissioners that online information on NHS.UK is updated to allow patients locate services. Patients are registered with a dental practice during a specific course of treatment and there are no geographical restrictions on which practice a patient may attend.