Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department provides to NHS dental patients who move to an area where there are no dentists taking on NHS patients; and what steps he is taking in response to that matter.

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.