How many salaried general dental practitioner posts there are in each NHS board area.

Answered Asked by Nanette Milne Con Lodged 23 Feb 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many salaried general dental practitioner posts there are in each NHS board area.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 Mar 2006 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The responsibility for approving salaried dentist posts rests with NHS boards. The latest information held centrally from NHS boards indicates that the following number of salaried dentist posts have been approved in each NHS board area.
NHS Board
| Number of Approved Salaried Dentist Posts1,2

Argyll and Clyde
| 18

Ayrshire and Arran
| 8

Borders
| 9

Dumfries and Galloway
| 13

Fife
| 11

Forth Valley
| 12

Grampian
| 15

Greater Glasgow
| 23

Highland
| 44

Lanarkshire
| 2

Lothian
| 18

Orkney
| 8

Shetland
| 7

Tayside
| 2

Western Isles
| 6

Scotland
| 196

Note:
1. Salaried dentist posts range from 0.1 whole-time equivalent (WTE) to one WTE.
2. The information is for salaried general dental practitioner posts only and does not include posts where community dental officers provide general dental services, i.e. joint CDS/GDS posts.

In the Official Report

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