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NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2009-10

Publication Date:
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Regions, Dental practices, Integrated Care Boards, Local Authorities
Date Range:
01 Apr 2006 to 31 Mar 2010

Summary

This report considers NHS dental activity and workforce in 2009/10, the fourth year of the current dental contract system.

Highlights

  • Dentists performed 38.6 million Courses of Treatment (CoTs) in 2009/10, a 3.1 per cent increase (1.2 million) on 2008/09.
  • This equates to 85.5 million Units of Dental Activity (UDA), a 5.0 per cent increase (4.1 million) on 2008/09.
  • This represented 166,000 UDAs per 100,000 of the population.
  • 55.4 per cent of the population (28.5 million people) saw an NHS dentist in the 24 month period ending 30 June 2010, a 0.3 percentage point increase compared to the 24 month period ending 30 March 2010.
  • 22,000 dentists performed some NHS activity during 2009/10, a 3.1 per cent increase (660) on 2008/09.

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