Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of dentistry practices that are accepting NHS patients in Colne Valley constituency.

As of 4 September 2024, there were nine National Health Service dentist practices in the Colne Valley constituency, and none of them were showing as ‘accepting new adult patients when availability allows’. This data is sourced from the Find a Dentist website and is matched to constituencies based on the postcode data shown on the website, which is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-Dentist

NHS dentists are required to update their NHS website profiles at least every 90 days, to ensure patients have up-to-date information on where they can access care.