Health Insight Survey dashboard

Plotly = {
  const mod = await require("plotly.js-dist-min@2.35.3");
  return mod;
}

import { ColorLegendChart } from "./Filter_chart_functions.js"
import { SubPlotChart } from "./Filter_chart_functions.js"
import { CrosstabChart } from "./Filter_chart_functions.js"
import { SubCrosstabChart } from "./Filter_chart_functions.js"

Urgent dental care

Click here to view a list of questions

Q73: How did you choose which NHS dental practice to contact?
Q77: In the last 28 days did you have an urgent dental need?
Q78: Did you try to make an urgent dental appointment with an NHS dentist?
Q79: Were you successful in making an NHS dental appointment?
Q80: Were you successful in making an NHS dental appointment?
Q81: What did you do when you could not access [urgent] NHS dental care?

Click here to view the data used in this dashboard

Changes over time should be interpreted with caution, particularly as new participants were added to the survey in Waves 14, 17, 21 and 25. Data should be examined over multiple time points to determine if a real trend exists.

How did you choose which NHS dental practice to contact?

This question was asked to: Respondents who do not have a dentist and who tried to access NHS dental care in the last month for an urgent need

Respondents who do not have a dentist and who tried to make an urgent dental appointment with an NHS dentist in the last 28 days

q73sexjson = JSON.parse(document.getElementById("q73sex").textContent);

// Dropdown cell with everything inside
viewof q73wave = {
  // Extract waves from data
  const q73waves = [...new Set(q73sexjson.data.map(d => d.wave))];

  // Helper: extract numeric part from first two characters
  const extractNumber = wave => parseInt(wave.slice(0, 2).trim(), 10);

  // Sort waves by numeric part
  q73waves.sort((a, b) => extractNumber(a) - extractNumber(b));

  // Find wave with maximum numeric part
  const q73currentwave = q73waves.reduce((maxWave, wave) =>
    extractNumber(wave) > extractNumber(maxWave) ? wave : maxWave
  );

  // Return the dropdown input
  return Inputs.select(q73waves, {
    label: "Select a wave",
    value: q73currentwave
  });
}

{
  const defaultColors = ["#4e79a7", "#f28e2b", "#e15759", "#76b7b2", "#59a14f", "#edc949"];

  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73sex", y_gap: 0, dem_lab: 1.1, containerId: "q73-sex-plot", noteId: "q73-sex-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73age", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-age-plot", noteId: "q73-age-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73group", y_gap: 0.27, dem_lab: 1.2, containerId: "q73-group-plot", noteId: "q73-group-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73imd", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-imd-plot", noteId: "q73-imd-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73health", y_gap: 0.35, dem_lab: 1.3, containerId: "q73-health-plot", noteId: "q73-health-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73rural", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-rural-plot", noteId: "q73-rural-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73region", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-region-plot", noteId: "q73-region-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbE", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbE-plot", noteId: "q73-icbE-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbL", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbL-plot", noteId: "q73-icbL-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbM", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbM-plot", noteId: "q73-icbM-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbNEY", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbNEY-plot", noteId: "q73-icbNEY-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbNW", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbNW-plot", noteId: "q73-icbNW-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbSE", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbSE-plot", noteId: "q73-icbSE-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors });
  SubPlotChart(Plotly, { jsonId: "q73icbSW", y_gap: 0.21, dem_lab: 1.11, containerId: "q73-icbSW-plot", noteId: "q73-icbSW-note", wave: q73wave, defaultColors
  });
  
}

The 95% confidence intervals (CIs) displayed on our charts are a measure of the uncertainty around a specific estimate. If a CI is calculated at the 95% level, it is expected that the interval will contain the true value on 95 occasions, if repeated 100 times.

Changes to some Integrated Care Board (ICB) footprints came into effect in April 2026. Data in this chart will display the new ICB areas when filtered from wave 23 onwards.

In the last 28 days did you have an urgent dental need? Derived from the following questions: Why did you access NHS dental care on this occasion? OR Why were you trying to access NHS dental care on this occasion? OR In the last 28 days, have you required urgent dental treatment?

This question was asked to: Respondents who had an NHS dentist or who didn’t have a dentist (i.e. excluding those with a private dentist)

Data for this question have not been visualised by demographic breakdown. This is due to there being too many variables to be able to concisely visualise the data. However, these estimates are available in our data tables.

q77alljson = JSON.parse(document.getElementById("q77all").textContent);

// Dropdown cell with everything inside
viewof q77wave = {
  // Extract waves from data
  const q77waves = [...new Set(q77alljson.data.map(d => d.wave))];

  // Helper: extract numeric part from first two characters
  const extractNumber = wave => parseInt(wave.slice(0, 2).trim(), 10);

  // Sort waves by numeric part
  q77waves.sort((a, b) => extractNumber(a) - extractNumber(b));

  // Find wave with maximum numeric part
  const q77currentwave = q77waves.reduce((maxWave, wave) =>
    extractNumber(wave) > extractNumber(maxWave) ? wave : maxWave
  );

  // Return the dropdown input
  return Inputs.select(q77waves, {
    label: "Select a wave",
    value: q77currentwave
  });
}

Did you try to make an urgent NHS dental appointment? Derived from the following questions: Why did you access NHS dental care on this occasion? OR Why were you trying to access NHS dental care on this occasion? OR Did you try to make an urgent dental appointment with an NHS dentist?

This question was asked to: Respondents who had an NHS dentist and who had an NHS dental appointment less than 1 month ago for an urgent need

Respondents who did not have a dentist and who tried to access NHS dental care less than 1 month ago for an urgent need

Respondents who had an NHS dentist, or who did not have a dentist, and who had required urgent dental treatment in the last 28 days

q78alljson = JSON.parse(document.getElementById("q78all").textContent);

// Dropdown cell with everything inside
viewof q78wave = {
  // Extract waves from data
  const q78waves = [...new Set(q78alljson.data.map(d => d.wave))];

  // Helper: extract numeric part from first two characters
  const extractNumber = wave => parseInt(wave.slice(0, 2).trim(), 10);

  // Sort waves by numeric part
  q78waves.sort((a, b) => extractNumber(a) - extractNumber(b));

  // Find wave with maximum numeric part
  const q78currentwave = q78waves.reduce((maxWave, wave) =>
    extractNumber(wave) > extractNumber(maxWave) ? wave : maxWave
  );

  // Return the dropdown input
  return Inputs.select(q78waves, {
    label: "Select a wave",
    value: q78currentwave
  });
}

Were you successful in making an urgent NHS dental appointment? Derived from the following questions: Why did you access NHS dental care on this occasion? OR Why were you trying to access NHS dental care on this occasion? OR Were you successful in making an NHS dental appointment?

Denominator: adults with an urgent dental need
This question was asked to: Respondents who had an NHS dentist and who had an NHS dental appointment less than 1 month ago for an urgent need

Respondents who did not have a dentist and who tried to access NHS dental care less than 1 month ago for an urgent need

Respondents who had an NHS dentist, or who did not have a dentist, and who had required urgent dental treatment in the last 28 days

q79alljson = JSON.parse(document.getElementById("q79all").textContent);

// Dropdown cell with everything inside
viewof q79wave = {
  // Extract waves from data
  const q79waves = [...new Set(q79alljson.data.map(d => d.wave))];

  // Helper: extract numeric part from first two characters
  const extractNumber = wave => parseInt(wave.slice(0, 2).trim(), 10);

  // Sort waves by numeric part
  q79waves.sort((a, b) => extractNumber(a) - extractNumber(b));

  // Find wave with maximum numeric part
  const q79currentwave = q79waves.reduce((maxWave, wave) =>
    extractNumber(wave) > extractNumber(maxWave) ? wave : maxWave
  );

  // Return the dropdown input
  return Inputs.select(q79waves, {
    label: "Select a wave",
    value: q79currentwave
  });
}

Denominator: adults with an urgent dental need who tried to make an urgent NHS dental appointment
This question was asked to: Respondents who had an NHS dentist and who had an NHS dental appointment less than 1 month ago for an urgent need

Respondents who did not have a dentist and who tried to access NHS dental care less than 1 month ago for an urgent need

Respondents who had an NHS dentist, or who did not have a dentist, and who had required urgent dental treatment in the last 28 days and had tried to make an urgent NHS dental appointment

q80alljson = JSON.parse(document.getElementById("q80all").textContent);

// Dropdown cell with everything inside
viewof q80wave = {
  // Extract waves from data
  const q80waves = [...new Set(q80alljson.data.map(d => d.wave))];

  // Helper: extract numeric part from first two characters
  const extractNumber = wave => parseInt(wave.slice(0, 2).trim(), 10);

  // Sort waves by numeric part
  q80waves.sort((a, b) => extractNumber(a) - extractNumber(b));

  // Find wave with maximum numeric part
  const q80currentwave = q80waves.reduce((maxWave, wave) =>
    extractNumber(wave) > extractNumber(maxWave) ? wave : maxWave
  );

  // Return the dropdown input
  return Inputs.select(q80waves, {
    label: "Select a wave",
    value: q80currentwave
  });
}

What did you do when you could not access [urgent] NHS dental care?

This question was asked to: Respondents who had an NHS dentist, or who did not have a dentist, and who were unsuccessful making an urgent NHS dental appointment

q81alljson = JSON.parse(document.getElementById("q81all").textContent);

// Dropdown cell with everything inside
viewof q81wave = {
  // Extract waves from data
  const q81waves = [...new Set(q81alljson.data.map(d => d.wave))];

  // Helper: extract numeric part from first two characters
  const extractNumber = wave => parseInt(wave.slice(0, 2).trim(), 10);

  // Sort waves by numeric part
  q81waves.sort((a, b) => extractNumber(a) - extractNumber(b));

  // Find wave with maximum numeric part
  const q81currentwave = q81waves.reduce((maxWave, wave) =>
    extractNumber(wave) > extractNumber(maxWave) ? wave : maxWave
  );

  // Return the dropdown input
  return Inputs.select(q81waves, {
    label: "Select a wave",
    value: q81currentwave
  });
}