NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2008-09

Publication date: August 19, 2009

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This report considers NHS dental activity and workforce in 2008/09, the third year of the new dental contract system.

dentists performed 37.4 million Courses of Treatment (CoTs) in 2008/09, a 4.0 per cent increase (1.4 million) on 2007/08
this equates to 81.4 million Units of Dental Activity (UDA), a 5.7 per cent increase (4.4 million) on 2007/08
this represented 159,000 UDAs per 100,000 of the population
53.8 per cent of the population (27.5 million people) saw an NHS dentist in the 24 month period ending 31 March 2009, a 0.4 percentage point increase compared to the 24 month period ending 31 December 2008
21,343 dentists performed some NHS activity during 2008/09, a 2.5 per cent increase (528) on 2007/08.

Date Range: April 01, 2006 to March 31, 2009

Geographical coverage:

England

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