Dental Services

(asked on 17th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists were registered in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England in each year since 2008.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 22nd July 2015

The table below provides the numbers of dentists with National Health Service activity for each year since 2008 in England. Nottinghamshire and Ashfield is broken down by strategic health authority (SHA) and primary care trusts (PCTs) up to year ending 2012/13. Figures are available for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Area Team and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) for year ending 2013/14.

Number of dentists with NHS activity for each year ending 31 March

National

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

England

20,815

21,343

22,003

22,799

22,920

23,201

23,723

Strategic Health

Authority/Primary

Care Trust

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

East Midlands

SHA

1,741

1,770

1,829

1,930

1,895

1,911

..

of which

Nottinghamshire

organisations

Nottingham City

PCT

145

142

147

164

158

173

..

Nottinghamshire

County Teaching

PCT

307

322

331

335

318

312

..

NHS England Area

Team/CCG

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Derbyshire and

Nottinghamshire

Area Team

..

..

..

..

..

..

915

of which

Nottinghamshire

organisations

NHS Mansfield and

Ashfield CCG

..

..

..

..

..

..

87

NHS Newark and

Sherwood CCG

..

..

..

..

..

..

50

NHS Nottingham

City CCG

..

..

..

..

..

..

192

NHS Nottingham

North and East

CCG

..

..

..

..

..

..

107

NHS Nottingham

West CCG

..

..

..

..

..

..

57

NHS Rushcliffe

CCG

..

..

..

..

..

..

65

Sources: Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Dental Services of the NHS Business Services Authority

Notes:

1. Dentists are defined as performers with NHS activity recorded by FP17 forms.

2. Dentists will be counted more than once if they have a contract in more than one organisation. England totals exclude duplication.

3. Data consists of performers in General Dental Services, Personal Dental Services and Trust-led Dental Services.

4. ‘..’ denotes data not applicable

5. As at 1 April 2013 Area Teams and CCGs replaced SHAs and PCTs. Data are not directly comparable.

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