Health written question – answered at on 6 November 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many salaried dentists are employed (a) by the national health service and (b) by the personal dental service.
holding answer
The latest information on the number of salaried dentists employed in the national health service in England is shown in the table for each of the dental services. The figures are on a headcount basis rather than whole-time equivalent.
Personal dental services are one of the ways in which the NHS provides dentistry and may be used both for NHS trust based projects with salaried dentists and for arrangements which are similar to the general dental service, with self employed dentists.
England | Number |
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a) By the NHS (excluding personal dental services) | |
Hospital dental service(21) | 2,190 |
Community dental service(21) | 1,340 |
Salaried GDS dentists(22) | 101 |
b) By the personal dental services(22),(23) | |
Dentists in pilots managed by trusts | 392 |
Total(24) NHS salaried dentists | 4,023 |
(21) Number of dentists at September 2000.
(22) Number of dentists at June 2001.
(23) Excludes 200 dentists in pilots not managed by trusts where most dentists are self employees of the contract holders.
(24) Some dentists work in several services and are counted in each service.
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