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Dr Esmail Harunani: no photograph is held, so the Dentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries) monogram is shown instead.
Business leader

Dr Esmail Harunani

Principal Director, Dentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries)

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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 18 Dec 2025

HOCKLEY
OfficeDentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries), Hockley, SS5 4PZDentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries) is based in Rayleigh and Wickford (Hockley): the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

02  Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics

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Dr Esmail Harunani: key facts

Kind of voice
Business leader
Role
Principal Director
Organisation
Dentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries)
Organisation based in
Rayleigh and Wickford
Quoted on
Dentistry access
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
15 Jul 2026
First quoted
18 Dec 2025

03  Profile

Who Dr Esmail Harunani is

Dr Esmail Harunani is a dentist and the principal director of Dentistry For You, a group of NHS and private dental practices. It trades as Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) lists him as a partner in the group, alongside Mr Mohamed Harunani and Dr Murtaza Kanani. He qualified with a BDS from the University of Bristol and has been registered with the General Dental Council since 1979. He also holds an MSc from the University of Glasgow and several postgraduate dental qualifications.

A profile on the Muslim Trade Forum says he opened his first NHS practice in 1986 and is a former clinical teacher at King's College London. In press coverage of new NHS practices in Grays and Wellington, he has spoken about expanding NHS dental capacity in underserved areas. In Grays he cited long waiting times and more than 20,000 registered patients at an existing group practice.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Spoke at the December 2025 opening of a new five-surgery NHS dental practice in Grays, Essex, commissioned with NHS Mid and South Essex ICB. It is set to deliver 5,000 NHS dental units in its first year, rising to 10,000 a year. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Attended the official opening of Wellington Dental Care, an NHS practice run by Dentistry For You as part of NHS Somerset's plan to improve dental access. The practice had completed more than 2,200 appointments since its October launch. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Is listed as a partner of a group registered with the CQC to run 15 or more dental services, including practices in Portsmouth, Exeter, Worthing, Eastbourne and Brixton. Source ↗

04  The signal · where Dr Esmail Harunani sits on dentistry access

Leading

One of the voices most often quoted in the press on dentistry access.

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  1. Eddie Crouch portraitEddie CrouchUnionChair of the Principal Executive Committee (BDA Chair), British Dental AssociationLeading
  2. Shiv Pabary portraitShiv PabaryClinicianChair, General Dental Practice Committee, British Dental AssociationLeading
  3. Jason Wong portraitJason WongRegulatorChief Dental Officer for England, NHS England (joint appointment with the Department of Health and Social Care, based in NHS England)Leading
  4. Amy LepiorzSector leaderAssociate Director of Primary Care for NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICBLeading
  5. Dr Syed Fraz AliAcademicFounder and CEO of Brilliant Healthy Smiles; dentistLeading
  6. Dr Esmail HarunaniBusiness leaderPrincipal Director, Dentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries)Leading
  7. Professor Jamie ReadAcademicDean of Lincoln Medical SchoolLeading
  8. Dr Nadeem HarunaniClinicianPartner (dentist and admin director), Dentistry For YouLeading

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05  On the record · press

What Dr Esmail Harunani has said

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  • chardandilminsternews.co.uk
  • echo-news.co.uk
  • yourthurrock.com

Where Dr Esmail Harunani has been quoted

  1. Delight as town's new NHS dental practice opens its doorschardandilminsternews.co.uk · 15 Jul 2026
  2. New NHS dental practice opens in Grays, bringing much-needed access for thousands of local patientsyourthurrock.com · 18 Dec 2025
  3. New state-of-the-art NHS dental practice officially opened in south Essexecho-news.co.uk · 18 Dec 2025

How we found the articles that name Dr Esmail Harunani: we searched news for these terms.

  • NHS dentistry
  • NHS dentist
  • dental access
  • dentist shortage
  • dental desert
  • dental contract
  • dental charges
  • dental check-up

Also searched with “NHS dentistry” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dentistry access

Verbatim

“attended the opening ceremony alongside Mr Dance, Mr Higman, and other local stakeholders”
partner at Dentistry For You · Dentistry access · chardandilminsternews.co.uk · 15 Jul 2026 · Read the article
“This community has waited far too long for better access to NHS dentistry. This new practice allows us to expand capacity, improve accessibility and deliver high-quality NHS care in a modern, welcoming environment.”
Principal director at Dentistry for You · Dentistry access · yourthurrock.com · 18 Dec 2025 · Read the article
“This community has waited far too long for better access to NHS dentistry.”
Dr, principal director at Dentistry for You · Dentistry access · echo-news.co.uk · 18 Dec 2025 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. New NHS dental practice opens in Grays, bringing much-needed access for thousands of local patients - Your Thurrock. Describes him as principal director at Dentistry for You and quotes him on NHS dental access in Grays.
  2. New dental surgery is officially opened - Around Wellington. Names him as Partner, Dentistry for You, at the Wellington Dental Care opening.
  3. Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries - CQC registration. Group is also known as Dentistry For You. He is a named partner, and the page lists the group's registered services.
  4. Mid Essex Dental Care - Dentistry for you. Group founded in 1986. He is listed as a partner with his qualifications and GDC number 52957.
  5. GDC Register - Esmail Fakirmohamed Harunani. Registered dentist since 14 June 1979, with a BDS from Bristol (1979) and other listed qualifications.
  6. Prof. Esmail Harunani - Muslim Trade Forum. Member profile covering his background, education, first NHS practice in 1986 and former King's College London teaching role. It appears to be a self-supplied profile and is used for background only.
  7. Private treatment fees - Dentistry for you. Gives the group's address as 45 Southend Road, Hockley, SS5 4PZ, and its general enquiries number as 0800 158 8000.

07  Contact & links

Staff page
dentistryforyou.co.uk/find-a-practice/mid-essex-dental-care
Website
dentistryforyou.co.ukpublished here ↗

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Owners, executives and investors of care providers, operators and suppliers speaking for their business. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.