Dental Services
(asked on 17th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adult and (b) child NHS dental patients in (i) Oldham and (ii) England have seen a dentist in each year since 2010.
The following table shows the number of adults and children seen by a dentist in both Oldham Local Authority and England since 2010/11:
| England | Oldham Local Authority | ||
Financial Year | Adults seen | Children seen | Adults seen | Children seen |
2010/11 | 21,401,000 | 7,771,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2011/12 | 21,761,000 | 7,813,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2012/13 | 21,927,000 | 7,837,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2013/14 | 22,009,000 | 7,907,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2014/15 | 22,032,000 | 7,992,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2015/16 | 22,140,449 | 6,723,854 | 99,555 | 35,315 |
2016/17 | 22,159,223 | 6,799,092 | 100,068 | 35,881 |
2017/18 | 22,060,778 | 6,901,430 | 100,760 | 37,036 |
2018/19 | 21,959,979 | 7,000,685 | 101,958 | 38,026 |
2019/20 | 21,012,985 | 6,299,306 | 99,472 | 34,741 |
2020/21 | 18,190,987 | 3,946,048 | 88,516 | 20,017 |
2021 – 2022 | 16,409,636 | 5,589,201 | 82,382 | 30,475 |
2022 – 2023 | 18,111,609 | 6,372,892 | 90,816 | 35,216 |
Source: NHS Dental Statistics for England (NHS Digital)
Note: Data for Oldham Local Authority is not available for the years prior to 2015/16. This is due to changes in National Health Service geographies, which has meant that the data cannot be precisely mapped to the local authority in previous years.