Written Question · S2W-27251 · Session 2
How many general dental practitioners in NHS Tayside have (a) left and (b) joined the NHS in each of the last three years.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general dental practitioners in NHS Tayside have (a) left and (b) joined the NHS in each of the last three years.
The answer
The information is providedin the following tables:
Number ofgeneral dental practitioners who left NHS Tayside1,2; 2003 to 2005
Year
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
No. of dentists
| 30
| 22
| 27
Number ofgeneral dental practitioners who joined NHS Tayside3; 2003 to 2005
Year
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
No. of dentists
| 26
| 29
| 32
Sources:
MIDAS(Management Information & Dental Accounting System).
MEDMAN(Medical and Dental Manpower Census).
Data extracted 12 July 2006.
Notes:
1. Generaldental practitioners (salaried & non-salaried) who had an open list numberin NHS Tayside at 30 September one year, and who had no open list number in NHSTayside at
30 September of the following year.
2. Generaldental practitioners may cease providing GDS on a temporary basis, or may moveinto a different sector (i.e. community or hospital).
3. Generaldental practitioners (salaried & non-salaried) who had an open list numberin NHS Tayside at 30 September one year, and who had no open list numbers inNHS Tayside at 30 September of the previous year.
Some general dentalpractitioners may have stopped providing GDS in NHS Tayside’s area but stillprovide GDS elsewhere in Scotland or conversely may have been providing GDS elsewherein Scotland before they joined NHS Tayside’s dental list.
Number ofgeneral dental practitioners who left NHS Tayside1,2; 2003 to 2005
Year
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
No. of dentists
| 30
| 22
| 27
Number ofgeneral dental practitioners who joined NHS Tayside3; 2003 to 2005
Year
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
No. of dentists
| 26
| 29
| 32
Sources:
MIDAS(Management Information & Dental Accounting System).
MEDMAN(Medical and Dental Manpower Census).
Data extracted 12 July 2006.
Notes:
1. Generaldental practitioners (salaried & non-salaried) who had an open list numberin NHS Tayside at 30 September one year, and who had no open list number in NHSTayside at
30 September of the following year.
2. Generaldental practitioners may cease providing GDS on a temporary basis, or may moveinto a different sector (i.e. community or hospital).
3. Generaldental practitioners (salaried & non-salaried) who had an open list numberin NHS Tayside at 30 September one year, and who had no open list numbers inNHS Tayside at 30 September of the previous year.
Some general dentalpractitioners may have stopped providing GDS in NHS Tayside’s area but stillprovide GDS elsewhere in Scotland or conversely may have been providing GDS elsewherein Scotland before they joined NHS Tayside’s dental list.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-27251 by reference.