NHS: Dental Services
(asked on 24th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the patient charge revenue was in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the total expenditure on NHS dental services in that period.
The following table shows total gross and net expenditure on National Health Service primary care dental services, total expenditure on such services net of patient charge revenue per head of population and the proportion of patient charge revenue to total expenditure for such services for the last five years.
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
NHS Dentistry |
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Gross expenditure (millions)** | 2,844 | 2,740 | 2,746 | 2,804 | 2,768 |
Patient Charge Revenue (millions)** | 653 | 684 | 716 | 744 | 777 |
Net Expenditure (millions) | 2,191 | 2,056 | 2,030 | 2,060 | 1,991 |
Mid-year population estimate (millions)* | 53.5 | 53.9 | 54.3 | 54.8 | 55.3 |
Net expenditure per capita | £40.95 | £38.14 | £37.38 | £37.59 | £36.00 |
Patient charge revenue as a percentage of expenditure on total NHS dental services | 23.0% | 25.0% | 26.1% | 26.5% | 28.1% |
Notes:
*Source: Mid-year population estimates: Office for National Statistics
**Source: Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts, Fees and Charges disclosure for each financial year.