Number of dentists with NHS activity who left or joined by local health board, age group, gender, contract type and dentist type
Figures show the number of dentists with NHS activity recorded in FP17W forms that have joined and left by year.
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Number of dentists with NHS activity who left or joined by local health board, age group, gender, contract type and dentist typeLast update
27 February 2025 (postponed from 31 October 2024)Next update
To be confirmedPublishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Dental Services, NHS Business Services AuthorityContact email
stats.healthinfo@gov.walesDesignation
National StatisticsGeographical coverage
WalesGeneral description
The information presented here shows the number of dentists with NHS activity that have joined and left by year.A joiner is defined as a dental performer with NHS activity recorded in FP17W forms in the reference year, but none in the previous year.
A leaver is defined as a dental performer with NHS had activity recorded in FP17W forms in the reference year, but none the following year. For this reason, the leavers series is one year behind the joiner’s series.
Data collection and calculation
The data is derived from dental activity forms submitted for payment and processed by NHS Business Services Authority Dental Services.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 years 2020-21 and 2021-22.
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 Morganwg 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.
