Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) NHS and (b) private work was completed by GDC registered dentists who qualified (i) in the UK, (ii) overseas and (iii) in total in each of the last 10 years.
Primary care dentistry in the National Health Service is delivered through contracts structured around Units of Dental Activity (UDAs). Each treatment is allocated a number of UDAs in proportion to the complexity and amount of work required. The following table shows the number of UDAs delivered by dentists who have qualified within the United Kingdom and outside thereof whilst working in the NHS in England for 2016/17 onwards:
Year | UK Qualified UDA Delivered | Non-UK Qualified UDA Delivered | Other UDA Delivered | Total UDA Delivered |
2016/17 | 48,825,392 | 26,394,403 | 10,644,608 | 85,864,403 |
2017/18 | 48,640,153 | 26,323,343 | 8,363,069 | 83,326,565 |
2018/19 | 49,482,862 | 27,192,292 | 6,528,618 | 83,203,772 |
2019/20 | 48,144,326 | 27,032,548 | 4,666,855 | 79,843,728 |
2020/21 | 15,260,168 | 8,265,064 | 927,591 | 24,452,823 |
2021/22 | 35,781,811 | 20,777,093 | 1,210,218 | 57,769,122 |
2022/23 | 43,918,652 | 25,763,340 | 486,695 | 70,168,687 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
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