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Data Provider: Welsh Government Accredited Official Statistics NHS Dental workforce by local health board, age group, gender, contract type and dentist type
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Click here to sortPerformer onlyA performer is a dentist named on a contract who will or might be carrying out the work agreed in the contract. This shows the number of dental performers who have any NHS activity recorded against them via FP17 claim forms at any time in the year.Click here to sortProviding performerA provider that holds a contract with a PCT/LHB and also performs NHS dentistry on the contract.This shows the number of providing performers who have any NHS activity recorded against them via FP17 claim forms at any time in the year.Click here to sortUnknown
[Collapse]Wales1,105283101,398
WalesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board236463285
Powys Teaching Health Board5716.The data item is not applicable73
Hywel Dda University Health Board12432.The data item is not applicable156
Swansea Bay University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board.198474249
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board.193412236
Cwm Taf University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board254761331
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board21257.The data item is not applicable269

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General description

The information presented here shows NHS performers by local health board and dentist type.

Data collection and calculation

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the way dental services have been provided in Wales and therefore affect the data collected from the last quarter of the financial year 2019-20 and the full financial year 2020-21. Where there are slight decreases in activity levels in 2019-20 and large decreases in 2020-21, it is likely to be as a result of the pandemic.

The tables relate to NHS dental treatment undertaken by ‘high street dentists’. It does not cover private work carried out by dentists nor dentists working in the hospital or community dental service.
Data is not comparable with previous data under the old contractual arrangements.

Note that due to changes in the collection system at NHS Business Services Authority, a new methodology has been implemented for determining the working arrangements (i.e. dentist type) of dentists for 2018-19 onwards. The change in methodology has resulted in large numbers of dentists being reclassified as providing-performer and a consequential decrease in associate dentist (performer-only) numbers for 2018-19 and 2019-20 data, marking a major break in the time-series. The overall headcount of dentists has not been affected but any comparison with dentist type in data published previously for 2017-18 and earlier should be made with caution. Regardless of this change, this publication does not include data for Provider-only dentists as they do not have NHS activity recorded against them.

From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. For more information see the joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards (see weblinks). The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board. A link to the statement from the minister for health and social service can be found in the weblinks section.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2010-11 onwards.

Rounding applied

None.

Revisions information

The production of dental workforce data has now moved from NHS England to NHS Business Services Authority. This has resulted in a slight change in data processing techniques and therefore data have been revised for 2019-20 to 2022-23. The Wales headcounts have increased slightly for these years, ranging between an increase of 2 and 7.

Title

NHS Dental workforce by local health board, age group, gender, contract type and dentist type

Last update

31 October 2024 31 October 2024

Next update

September 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Dental Services, NHS Business Services Authority

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Local health boards

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per given weblink.


Keywords

Dental; NHS Dental; Dentist; Dental Performers