NHS dental services: April 2018 to March 2019

Main points

Patients treated in the 24 months before 31 March 2019

• 1.7 million patients (55.0% of the population) were treated in the 24 month period ending March 2019.
• 51.9% of adults were treated, slightly decreasing from the previous period; as well as 67.7% of children, increasing slightly from the previous period. 

Patient charges between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019

• 45.6% of all courses of treatment were for paying adults.
• The total patient charge for this amounted to £36.4 million, an increase of 2.6% when compared to the patient charge of £35.5 million in 2017-18.

Activity between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019

• There were approximately 2.4 million individual NHS dental courses of treatment, an increase of 2.2% compared with 2017–18.
• 4.9 million units of dental activity were carried out in 2018-19, a similar figure when compared with 2017-18.

Workforce between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019

• A total of 1,506 dentists who had NHS activity were recorded between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019.
• There were 4.8 dentists per 10,000 population, a slight increase on the previous year.