Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 8 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral answer of 11 January to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood from the Prime Minister, Official Report column 552, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there are now more NHS dentists across the UK with more funding; to what funding the Prime Minister was referring; and where it is allocated.
State funded healthcare is a devolved matter outside of England, and is the responsibility respectively of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments.
With regard to National Health Service dentistry in England, the number of NHS dentists doing work has increased from 22,799 in 2010/11 to 24,272 in 2021/22. This is an increase of 6.5%. Further data requested is due to be published in August 2023.
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