NHS Dental Services, 2011-12

Statistics on NHS General Dental Services activity and the number of people seen include data for Wales for the year ending 31 March 2012. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 18 August 2011.

Activity between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012:

• A total of 5.1 million Units of Dental Activity (UDA) were carried out, representing 2.4 million individual NHS dental courses of treatment (CoT) an increase of 1.8 per cent and an increase of 2.0 per cent respectively compared with 2010-11.
• Over three quarters (75.1 per cent) of adult Courses of Treatment (CoTs) included an examination, equating to 1.3 million CoTs.
• The total number of Units of Orthodontic Activity (UOAs) credited during 2011-12 in Wales was 208,200.

Patients treated in the 24 months before 31 March 2012

• 1.7 million patients were recorded as having been treated in the 24 months before 31 March 2012 amounting to 55.7 per cent of the population. 65.6 per cent of the child (under 18 years) and 53.2 per cent of the adult population (18 years or over) were treated in the previous 24 months.

Workforce between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012:

• There were 1,360 dentists with NHS activity recorded on dental activity (FP17W) forms, an increase of 11 (0.8 per cent) compared with 2010-11 equating to 4.5 dentists per 10,000 population.

Patient charges between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012:

• 40.6 per cent of all CoTs were for paying adults, the total patient charge for which amounted to £28.1 million an increase of 3.0 per cent compared with 2010-11.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5064
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

August 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)