– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 3 March 2003.
David Davidson
Conservative
Question S1W-34078
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists will retire in each of the next five years; how many dental practices have given notice of closure, and whether it will provide information on dental practitioner shortages, broken down by NHS board area.
Malcolm Chisholm
Labour
The actual number of NHS general dental practitioners who intend to retire in the next five years is not available centrally. The following table shows the number of NHS general dental practitioners who will be aged 65 in this period.
Number of NHS General Dental Practitioners Aged 65 on or Before Year to 31 March
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Borders | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Fife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
Highland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lanarkshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Grampian | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lothian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Tayside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 |
Source:
MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System).
The number of dental practices who have given notice of closure and information on dental practitioner shortages are not available centrally.
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