Health written question – answered at on 20 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people saw an NHS dentist at least once in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
Information is not available in the format requested.
The number of patients seen by a national health service dentist in the previous. 24 months, in England, is available in Table 3a of the “NHS Dental Statistics for England—2011/12, First quarterly report”. Information is available at quarterly intervals from
Note that the 'patients seen' measure shows the number of patients who received NHS dental care in the previous 24 months: an equivalent measure covering the 12 month period is not available.
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