NHS annual report

This annual report includes information on all patients that received NHS dental care in England for the 12 month period to March 31, 2015. Subjects covered include:

Information on the number of patients seen by an NHS dentist for the 24 month period to June 30, 2015, is also included. This information is used by the Department of Health to inform government policy on NHS dentistry and by local NHS managers in the planning and delivery of local dental services. This report is based on data collected on each course of NHS dental treatment by NHS Dental Services, part of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA).

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Key Facts

Patients Seen

A total of 30.0 million patients were seen in the 24 month period to June 30, 2015; a 6.7 per cent increase on the March 2006 baseline but a 0.2 per cent decrease on the previous quarter. The latest figures show that 55.7 per cent of the total population were seen by an NHS dentist in this period, a rise of just 0.1 percentage points on the March 2006 baseline. The number of children seen has increased 2.5 per cent since March 2006, with 8m children seen by an NHS dentist in the 24 month period to June 30, 2015. However, despite an actual rise in the number of children seen, as a percentage of the population, the number of children seen has fallen 0.7 percentage points.