Press & data
DentistTracker checks the official NHS website record of every dental practice in England daily. Our aggregate figures are free to use with attribution to “DentistTracker (dentisttracker.co.uk)”.
Today's headline figures (27 September 2026)
- 31% of England's 5,813 NHS dental practices report accepting new adult NHS patients (1,813 practices).
- 68 parliamentary constituencies (with 5+ tracked practices) have zero practices accepting new adult patients.
- 72 towns (with 4+ practices) have no practice accepting new adult patients.
- Full regional and constituency tables: the dental deserts report, updated daily.
Data downloads (CSV, refreshed daily)
- By parliamentary constituency — practices, acceptance counts and rates for every English constituency (sorted worst-first).
- By town — the same measures for 1,139 towns, with a link to each town's live page.
Licence: free to reuse with attribution. Underlying practice information is adapted from NHS website records under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What we can provide on request
- Custom cuts — any constituency, council area, region or town, usually within hours.
- Week-on-week change data: which practices opened or closed their NHS lists (we log every change).
- Methodology briefing — or read how our tracking works.
Important caveats (please reflect these)
- Acceptance statuses are self-reported by practices to the NHS website; the NHS asks practices to confirm at least every 90 days. We show the last-confirmed date for every practice.
- Figures move daily as practices update their records — cite the date shown with the data.
- “Accepting” means new adult NHS patients for routine care unless stated otherwise.
Contact
Email hello@dentisttracker.co.uk — we aim to reply to journalists on deadline within hours. DentistTracker is an independent service and is not affiliated with the NHS.