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NHS dentists in NHS Borders

NHS Borders has 19 NHS dental practices, covering Galashiels, Hawick, Peebles, Melrose, Kelso and Selkirk. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 10 of them ended up with more patients than they started with.

Nobody publishes a national list of who’s taking new NHS patients. NHS Inform’s find a dentist tool shows you where they are but not whether they’ve got space, and it tells you to ring and ask. Some boards do put out their own list, NHS Tayside for one, so it’s worth checking your board’s site too.

What’s below is whether a practice’s list actually grew between December 2025 and March 2026, the two most recent counts published. One that was signing people up then is a better bet than one whose list shrank. It’s not a promise though. You still have to phone, and some of that growth will be existing patients re-registering rather than new ones.

One more thing worth knowing: these are net figures. A practice that registered 300 people and lost 200 shows up the same as one that quietly took on 100. It also can’t tell you how many a practice is able to take at once, or whether they do it steadily or in bursts when a new dentist starts. This is a shorter list to phone, not a way of avoiding the phoning.

Where a practice grew but its postcode area didn’t, that’s flagged underneath. It usually means another practice nearby closed or lost a dentist and the patients were moved across, so the list grew without anyone new getting on.

Practices that took people on

Biggest increase first, but don’t read too much into the order. A big jump is often a practice absorbing patients from one that closed, and it can mean they’re now stretched — one reader waited eight weeks for an appointment at a practice near the top of a list like this. A small rise still means somebody was getting registered, so the full list below is worth a look too.

  • G K Dental

    54 High Street, Hawick · TD9 9EE

    10,990 patients

    took on 425

  • Kelso Dental Care

    36-40 Horsemarket, Kelso · TD5 7HD

    10,573 patients

    took on 242

  • 54 Ladhope Vale

    Galashiels · TD1 1BT

    11,616 patients

    took on 204

  • Duns Dental Care

    4 Murray Street, Duns · TD11 3DE

    4,652 patients

    took on 127

  • Cherry Court Dental Care & Implant Clini

    3 Cherry Court, Cavalry Park, Peebles · EH45 9BU

    2,679 patients

    took on 99

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    7 Kingsmeadows Road, Peebles · EH45 9EN

    2,092 patients

    took on 34

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    40 Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire · TD11 3AL

    1,873 patients

    took on 25

  • Jedburgh Family Dental Practice

    Jedburgh Health Centre, Queen St.,Jedburgh · TD8 6EN

    8,518 patients

    took on 23

  • The Corn Exchange

    31 Woodmarket, Kelso · TD5 7AT

    676 patients

    took on 19

  • Teviot Dental Practice

    20 North Bridge Street, Hawick · TD9 9QW

    453 patients

    took on 1

Every NHS practice in NHS Borders

Grouped by town, largest practice first. A few of these aren’t places you can register at all — the list PHS publish includes prison dental services, orthodontists and oral surgeons who only take referrals, and clinics that are mostly private. Anywhere with only a handful of NHS patients is marked.

  • 54 Ladhope Vale

    Galashiels · TD1 1BT

    11,616 patients

    took on 204

  • Duns Dental Care

    4 Murray Street, Duns · TD11 3DE

    4,652 patients

    took on 127

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    40 Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire · TD11 3AL

    1,873 patients

    took on 25

  • Old Telephone Exchange

    Upper Houndlaw, Eyemouth · TD14 5BU

    4,145 patients

    list fell by 24

  • Bank Street Dental Practice

    19 Bank Street, Galashiels · TD1 1EN

    11,310 patients

    list fell by 83

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    23 Albert Place, Galashiels, Selkirkshire · TD1 3DL

    4,017 patients

    list fell by 3

  • G K Dental

    54 High Street, Hawick · TD9 9EE

    10,990 patients

    took on 425

  • Teviot Dental Practice

    20 North Bridge Street, Hawick · TD9 9QW

    453 patients

    took on 1

  • Clearwater Dental

    11 High Street, Jedburgh · TD8 6AQ

    1,837 patients

    list fell by 7

  • Kelso Dental Care

    36-40 Horsemarket, Kelso · TD5 7HD

    10,573 patients

    took on 242

  • The Corn Exchange

    31 Woodmarket, Kelso · TD5 7AT

    676 patients

    took on 19

  • 11 Elm Court

    Cavalry Park, Peebles · EH45 9BU

    8,435 patients

    list fell by 3

  • Peebles Dental Practice

    36 High Street, Peebles · EH45 8SF

    4,174 patients

    list fell by 21

  • Cherry Court Dental Care & Implant Clini

    3 Cherry Court, Cavalry Park, Peebles · EH45 9BU

    2,679 patients

    took on 99

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    7 Kingsmeadows Road, Peebles · EH45 9EN

    2,092 patients

    took on 34

  • Jedburgh Family Dental Practice

    Jedburgh Health Centre, Queen St.,Jedburgh · TD8 6EN

    8,518 patients

    took on 23

  • 41 North Bridge Street

    Hawick, Roxburghshire · TD9 9PX

    647 patients

    list fell by 1

  • Selkirk Dental Practice

    25 West Port, Selkirk · TD7 4DG

    5,530 patients

    list fell by 34

  • Nhs Borders Dental Centre

    Hawick Community Hospital, Victoria Road, Hawick · TD9 7AH

    7,526 patients

    list fell by 95

Addresses and patient numbers come from Public Health Scotland’s Dental Practices and Patient Registrations dataset, March 2026 against December 2025. Practices close and change hands between publications, so some of this will be out of date.

NHS dentists at other health boards

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