Request

Please state:

Q1. How many dentists are currently providing NHS services in Wales.

Q2. How many dentists were providing NHS services in Wales on 19.4.21

Q3. How many dentists were providing NHS services in Wales on 19.4.20

Q4. How many dentists were providing NHS services in Wales on 19.4.19

Q5. How many dentists were providing NHS services in Wales on 19.4.18

Q6. How many dentists were providing NHS services in Wales on 19.4.17

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

Guidance Notes

This report contains the details from FP17s and FP17Os processed for the period stated 201704, 201804, 201904, 202004, 202104 and 202204 in Wales. All of which the contracts are paid by the NHSBSA. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Only Performers who were active delivering FP17s during the period have been included in this data.

Definitions:

• Year Month

o Used throughout the system to identify the specific year and month that the data relates to, i.e. for forms, it would be the month that the activity was scheduled. This is in the format 'YYYYMM' e.g. 201804 for April 2018.

• Number of Performers

o The number of Dentists as recorded on CoMPASS.

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