NHS Dentistry Services - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:15 am on 11 July 2019.

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Photo of Baroness Thornton Baroness Thornton Shadow Spokesperson (Health) 11:15, 11 July 2019

My Lords, in Portsmouth there are 20,000 patients without a dentist, due to the closure of three practices. In Cornwall, 22,000 people are on the waiting list, having to wait an average of 529 days before they get an NHS dentist. The noble Baroness is quite right that there are some serious problems to address here about access to NHS dentists. I should like to know exactly how those areas in desperate need, such as Portsmouth, will be tackled. Secondly, how many of the babies, children and young people included in those numbers currently have no dental care whatever?