NHS: Dental Services
(asked on 25th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Units of Dental Activity have been delivered in each of the last five years in each NHS region in England.
The following table shows the number of units of dental activity in thousands by National Health Service commissioning region in each of the last five years. The latest data available is for 2020/21, which demonstrates the impact of the pandemic.
| 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
London | 3,673 | 11,563 | 12,027 | 11,924 | 12,187 |
South West of England | 2,385 | 7,381 | 7,950 | 8,128 | 20,630 |
South East of England | 3,586 | 11,133 | 11,751 | 11,759 | |
Midlands | 4,486 | 15,125 | 15,806 | 24,944 | 25,581 |
East of England | 2,685 | 8,731 | 9,199 | ||
North West of England | 3,238 | 11,336 | 11,931 | 26,148 | 27,041 |
North East of England and Yorkshire | 3,970 | 13,394 | 14,173 |
It should be noted that in 2018/19, North of England region was reconfigured into the North West of England and North East of England and Yorkshire. In the same year, the Midlands and East of England were divided into separate regions. In 2017/18, the South of England region was divided into the South West of England and the South East of England.