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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Dentistry access
Jim Rochford: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Jim Rochford
Runs dental practices in Levenshulme and Wythenshawe
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press citations on 1 topic since 9 Jan 2026 · last quoted 17 Jan 2026
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Jim Rochford: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Runs dental practices in Levenshulme and Wythenshawe
- Quoted on
- Dentistry access
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 17 Jan 2026
- First quoted
- 9 Jan 2026
04 The signal · where Jim Rochford sits on dentistry access
Ranked 42= of 100 voices quoted in the press on dentistry access, level with 28 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
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 - 42=Geraldeen IrvingAcademicDirector of Dentistry, NHS Lanarkshire; clinical director of public dental services2
- 42=Peter DayClinicianProfessor of children's oral health at the University of Leeds' School of Dentistry and consultant in paediatric dentistry at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust2
- 42=Jim RochfordSector leaderRuns dental practices in Levenshulme and Wythenshawe2
- 42=Adam WrightClinicianDr, owner and principal dentist, West End Dental and Implant Practice2
- 42=Franziska MarcheselliSector leaderResearch director at the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)2
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05 On the record · press
What Jim Rochford has said
By outlet · linked articles
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk2
Where Jim Rochford has been quoted
- 01The shocking state of children's teeth in Manchester - Manchester Evening Newsmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 17 Jan 2026
- 02The families forced to choose between food on the table or hundreds of pounds in dental costs - Manchester Evening Newsmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 9 Jan 2026
Verbatim
“One of the big challenges is that dentistry is not free, for those people who have to pay dental charges, it can be a real imposition.... [The working poor] are the ones who are the most deserving for dental care in many ways, but a complex course of treatment can be over £320.”
“In many cases, they are forced to say 'look, the choice is food on the table or dental treatment'. And they have to make those decisions.”
Related media coverage
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