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<p>The Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services
Authority on 22 August 2024, is available from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324"
target="_blank">https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324</a></p><p>In
2023/24, 47,123 urgent National Health Service dental treatments were delivered in
the Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board (ICB). This was 8.25% of all NHS dental
treatments delivered in the Surrey Heartlands ICB that year. In England in 2023/24,
3,674,731 urgent NHS dental treatments were delivered, which was 10.7% of all treatments
delivered.</p><p>The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying
to access NHS dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental
appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild
dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with
a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.</p><p>The responsibility
for commissioning primary care services, including NHS dentistry, to meet the needs
of the local population has been delegated to the ICBs across England. For the Surrey
constituency, this is the NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB.</p>
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