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Cumbrian Dentists

Dentist Barrow

Barrow's dental access is better than its reputation suggests: at our last check of nhs.uk's listings, two of the town's four general practices were recorded as accepting new NHS patients — adults as well as children. In a county where most practices publish nothing at all, that puts Barrow among the more open towns, though lists can close without warning. The board below shows what nhs.uk reports for each practice today, and our phone verification sweep will replace those seeded statuses with date-stamped, spoken-to confirmations. Urgent problem? Barrow uses South Cumbria's direct dental helpline — the route is at the bottom of this page and on our dedicated emergency page.

NHS availability in Barrow-in-Furness

4 practices listed · 0 verified yet — verification sweep under way

NHS availability by town: practices checked, accepting NHS, last sweep
TownCheckedAccepting NHSLast sweep
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Dental practices in Barrow-in-Furness

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Mr T A Kanjoo

120 Hartington Street, Barrow In Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5TW

01229 824966

No NHS status listed on nhs.uk (checked 2026-08-29)

Emergency dentist in Barrow-in-Furness

  1. Call the NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB dental helpline on 0300 1234010.

    Urgent NHS dental appointments for anyone with an urgent need, whether or not you have a regular dentist. Call 8am–9pm Monday to Friday, 10am–5pm weekends and bank holidays. Calls charged at the local rate.

  2. Outside helpline hours, call 111 — free, 24 hours.

  3. Urgent NHS treatment costs £27.90 — one charge, whatever the urgent treatment is.

Full guide — what counts as an emergency, out-of-hours options and costs: emergency dentist Barrow-in-Furness.

What a dentist costs in Barrow-in-Furness

NHS charges are national — one charge per course at the highest band. Work out yours with the NHS charge calculator.

TreatmentNHSPrivate guide range
Check-upBand 1 · £27.90£45–£61
White fillingBand 2 · £76.60from £170
Root canalBand 2 · £76.60from £435
CrownBand 3 · £332.10from £265
DenturesBand 3 · £332.10from £420

NHS charges: 2026–27 statutory statement (HCWS1392). Private guide ranges: 3 published local price lists (verification pending).

Around Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow anchors the Furness peninsula: Dalton, Askam, Ulverston and the villages down the coast all look to it, and Millom's single practice aside, it's the only concentration of dentists for half an hour in any direction. The town's practices sit in the grid of streets around Hartington Street, Oxford Street and Cavendish Street. Barrow is in the South Cumbria NHS system — urgent care goes through the dental helpline, not 111 first.

Dentist Barrow: your questions

How much is an NHS dentist in Barrow?

NHS charges are the same everywhere in England: £27.90 for a Band 1 course (examination, X-rays, advice), £76.60 for Band 2 (fillings, extractions, root canal) and £332.10 for Band 3 (crowns, dentures, bridges). You pay one charge per course — the highest band only. Private prices vary by practice.

Are any dentists in Barrow taking on new NHS patients?

The board on this page shows the current picture for Barrow. Right now every status comes from nhs.uk's own listings — our phone verification sweep is under way, and each practice will carry a "Checked" date once we have spoken to them directly.

Who do I call for an emergency dentist in Barrow?

Call the NHS dental helpline on 0300 1234010 — it books urgent NHS appointments for anyone in South Cumbria with an urgent need, registered or not. Our dedicated emergency dentist Barrow page has the hours, costs and what counts as an emergency.

Can I see a private dentist in Barrow instead?

Yes — Barrow practices treat private patients alongside their NHS lists. We're verifying published local price lists so the cost table on this page can show real guide ranges.

Do Barrow dentists cover Dalton and Askam too?

In practice yes — neither has its own general practice on nhs.uk's listings, so Barrow (or Ulverston) is where people register. Distance-wise everything on this page is within about fifteen minutes of both.

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