Jane Hunt MP asks the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about trends in the levels of practitioners in the dental workforce

Jane Hunt MP asked:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the data available on the trends in the levels of practitioners in the dental workforce.

Neil O'Brien MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, responded:

The Department and it’s arms length bodies utilise data collected by NHS Digital on the dental workforce, including on levels of practitioners in the dental workforce, which are available via the following links:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics(opens in a new tab)

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/dental-working-hours(opens in a new tab)

This data is adequate for the role of informing policy in relation to National Health Service dentistry.