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- Care home or nursing home
- Home care provider
- Supported living or LD service
- GP practice or PCN
- NHS trust or health board
- Private hospital or clinic
- Hospice
- Something else
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The Top 10 dental agencies in the UK for October 2026 include Secure Healthcare, S4S Locum Team, Sanctuary Personnel, Compass Associates and Dedicare. We assessed all 26 with one method, from official registers, public sector framework supplier lists, company filings and each agency's own website. Rankings are free and no agency can pay to rank. How we rank · Overall ranking.
- 35% are on at least one public sector staffing framework
- Half have traded for at least 11 years
- 10 (38%) have open jobs on our site, and 9 of those show pay on most of them
About these dental agencies in the UK
We rank 26 UK dental agencies: 5% of the 484 healthcare recruitment agencies we test. Many also work in other sectors, so the same agency can appear in several rankings.
9 of these agencies (35%) are on at least one public sector staffing framework, fewer than the 71% across every agency we assess. The most common are Crown Commercial Service RM6281 (7) and HealthTrust Europe TWS3 (4).
The median agency here has traded for 11.5 years, and 1 has traded for under three. 10 (38%) have open jobs on our site, and 9 of those show pay on most of them.
The settings they most often supply are NHS hospitals, care homes and GP practices. 18 (69%) recruit for permanent roles as well as temporary or locum cover.
Further down the list, the longest-established is Medicure, trading for 31 years. Permanent Hire has the most open jobs on our site (1,119). The newest is Locum Hands, trading for under a year.
At the top:
- Secure Healthcare: on 2 confirmed frameworks, trading 11 years.
- S4S Locum Team: trading 8 years, 21 open jobs on our site.
- Sanctuary Personnel: on 3 confirmed frameworks, trading 20 years.
- Compass Associates: trading 16 years, 124 open jobs on our site.
- Dedicare: on 4 confirmed frameworks, trading 15 years.
- Dental Elite: trading 16 years.
- Clinical Employment Services: on 3 confirmed frameworks, trading 22 years.
- Dental Recruit Network: 501 open jobs on our site.
- Green Apple Dental Recruitment: trading 16 years.
- Permanent Hire: on 3 confirmed frameworks, trading 6 years.
Figures are from our latest checks of each agency's website, Companies House and public sector framework lists. How we rank.
Questions
How are these dental agencies ranked?
Every agency is assessed with the same method, at the same time, from evidence we can check: official registers, public sector framework supplier lists, company filings and what each agency publishes about itself. Rather than a position for every agency, we show tiers (Top 10, 25 and 50), because small differences in the middle of a ranking aren't meaningful. No agency can pay to be listed, to rank higher or to change a result.
What makes a good dental agency?
Look for one that is on a public sector staffing framework, has a trading record, shows pay on its adverts and is clear about training, the checks you'll need before you start and when you'll be paid. Each agency's page here shows its frameworks, how long it has traded and its live jobs. Then talk to people who work through it.
What is a public sector staffing framework?
An approved supplier list that public sector buyers, such as NHS trusts, health boards and councils, use to book agency staff. To get on one, an agency has to meet the framework's standards on vetting, compliance and rates. Frameworks cover public sector bookings; an agency that supplies care homes, GP practices or private hospitals doesn't need one for that work. Each agency's page lists the frameworks it is on.