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‘I haven’t been able to see a NHS dentist since Covid’

Although the crisis in getting NHS dental care in North Somerset is bad, in Somerset it is even worse, with the area having the lowest rate of dental care being delivered in the whole of the South West of England.

In Somerset, 49% of dental contracts are being delivered.

In South West England as a whole, it is 69%.

Over the past six years, the number of children being seen by dentists in Somerset has also almost halved.

In 2017/18, more than 60% of children saw a dentist. According to the latest board minutes of Somerset Integrated Care Board it was 32% in 2023/24.

A NHS Somerset spokesperson said they recognise that residents of the county had “found accessing NHS dental appointments extremely challenging in recent years”.

“At our Board Meeting in May, as part of NHS Somerset’s ongoing commitment to make it easier for residents in Somerset to access NHS dental care, and support our NHS dental teams to ensure they have the necessary resources to deliver vital care, we agreed a £4.3m investment into providing NHS dental services,” they added.


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