Information is not available in the format requested.
The number of adults and children registered with a national health service dentist in England, as at 31 March, 1997 to 2006 is available in Annex A of the ‘NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006’. Information is provided by primary care trust (PCT) and by strategic health authority (SHA). Annex B contains this information expressed as a percentage of the population.
This information is based on the old contractual arrangements which were in place up to and including 31 March 2006. This report, published on 23 August 2006, has already been placed in the Library and is also available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dwfactivity
Under the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, patients do not have to be registered with an NHS dentist to receive NHS care. The closest equivalent measure to ‘registration’ is the number of patients receiving NHS dental services (‘patients seen’) over a 24-month period. However, this is not directly comparable to the registration data for earlier years.
Information on the number of patients seen in the previous 24 months, in England, is available in Table Dl of Annex 3 of the ‘NHS Dental Statistics, Quarter 3: 31 December 2008’ report. Information is available for both adults and children at quarterly intervals, from 31 March 2006 to 31 December 2008 and is provided by PCT and SHA. Table D2 contains this information expressed as a percentage of the population.
This report, published on 21 May 2009, has been placed in the Library and is also available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalstats0809q3