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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Dentistry access
Dawn Yates: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Dawn Yates
health cost expert at the Single mothers resource
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press citations on 2 topics since 29 Sept 2026 · last quoted 6 Oct 2026
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Dawn Yates: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- health cost expert at the Single mothers resource
- Quoted on
- Dentistry access, A&E & ambulance response
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 6 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Dawn Yates sits on dentistry access
Ranked 24= of 100 voices quoted in the press on dentistry access, level with 17 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Eddie CrouchUnionChair of the Principal Executive Committee (BDA Chair), British Dental Association63 - 2
Shiv PabaryClinicianChair, General Dental Practice Committee, British Dental Association40 - 3
Jason WongRegulatorChief Dental Officer for England, NHS England (joint appointment with the Department of Health and Social Care, based in NHS England)21 - 24=Antony VisocchiAcademicDentistry director, NHS Shetland3
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Dr Nigel CarterSector leaderchief executive of the Oral Health Foundation3 - 24=Dawn YatesSector leaderhealth cost expert at the Single mothers resource3
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Professor Zoe MarshmanAcademicProfessor of Dental Public Health; Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, University of Sheffield (School of Clinical Dentistry)3 - 24=Sue DaviesSector leaderhead of consumer protection policy at Which?3
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05 On the record · press
What Dawn Yates has said
By outlet · linked articles
- blackpoolgazette.co.uk1
- nwemail.co.uk1
- portsmouth.co.uk1
- wsfp.co.uk1
Where Dawn Yates has been quoted
- 01Blackpool Victoria Hospital has highest rate of 12-hour accident and emergency waits in whole of Englandblackpoolgazette.co.uk · 6 Oct 2026
- 02Around 25,000 Cumberland children missed an NHS dental visit last yearnwemail.co.uk · 3 Oct 2026
- 03Shocking figures show NHS dentist visits for Portsmouth children is a national lowportsmouth.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- 04Survey shows Somerset second only to London for fewest children going to NHS dentistswsfp.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“Nobody plans a trip to A&E, and a 12-hour wait can mean a lost shift, a school run nobody's covering and a parking bill on top. If it isn't life-threatening, ring 111 first, because they can book you a time at A&E or an urgent treatment centre and that can save you hours in a waiting room.”
“A lot of parents don't realise NHS dental care is completely free for children, so check-ups and fillings shouldn't cost a family a penny.”
“It's good to see so many children getting to an NHS dentist, because a lot of parents still don't realise dental care is completely free for children.”
“A lot of parents do not realise NHS dental care is completely free for children, so check-ups and fillings should not cost a family a penny.”
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