http://www.isdscotland.org/ Dental Care Health statistics Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMT Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/rss ISD Scotland NSS.isdexternalwebsite@nhs.net (ISD Web Team) NSS.isdexternalwebsite@nhs.net (ISD Web Team) http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#651 At 30th September 2011:The level of the Scottish population (all ages) registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 75.6%, up from 74.6% as at 30th June 2011. The 6-12 age group had the highest level of population registered (97.9%) with an NHS GDS dentist. Among mainland NHS boards, both NHS Ayrshire & Arran and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde had the highest level of children registered (86.8%) and NHS Lanarkshire the highest level of adults registered (79.5%). At Scotland level, the rate of participation in NHS General Dental Services among registered patients over the last 2 years was 78.6% for adults and 87.9% for children. Participation rates for children were highest in NHS Borders (92.7%) and lowest in NHS Western Isles (76.3%), while rates for adults were highest in NHS Borders (86.6%) and lowest in NHS Orkney (63.4%). Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#651 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#642 There is a continuing trend of improvement in the oral health of P7 children in Scotland over time, with 69.4% having no obvious decay experience in 2010/11.For the first time, all NHS Boards across Scotland have achieved the target of 60% of P7 children with no obvious decay experience.The average number of teeth affected by obvious decay experience has decreased from 1.29 to 0.70 over the past six years.Although the average number of teeth affected by obvious decay experience is now only 0.70, for those children who do have caries experience the average number of teeth affected by decay is 2.32.Socioeconomic inequalities in the oral health of P7 children persist, with those from all but the most deprived backgrounds having reached the 2010 National Target of 60% with no obvious decay experience. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#642 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#591 At 30th June 2011:The level of the Scottish population (all ages) registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 74.6%, up from 73.2% as at 31st March 2011.The 6-12 age group had the highest level of population registered (96.2%) with an NHS GDS dentist.Among mainland NHS boards, both NHS Ayrshire & Arran and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde had the highest level of children registered (85.6%) and NHS Lanarkshire the highest level of adults registered (78.4%).At Scotland level, the rate of participation in NHS General Dental Services among registered patients over the last 2 years was 79.5% for adults and 88.2% for children.Participation rates for children were highest in NHS Borders (92.6%) and lowest in NHS Western Isles (74.3%), while rates for adults were highest in NHS Borders (87.2%) and lowest in NHS Orkney (63%). Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#591 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#590 NHS GDS FeesThe average expenditure per head of adult population within NHS GDS increased by £1, from £43 in 2010 to £44 in 2011. The average expenditure per head of child population was unchanged at £62.The total spend on NHS GDS child and adult item of service fees and registrations for year ending 31st March 2011 was approximately £249 million, an increase of approx 3% from year ending 31st March 2010.NHS GDS Courses of TreatmentThe number of examinations (clinical, extensive clinical, full case assessment and treatment summary) carried out by NHS GDS dentists in year ending 31st March 2011 was approximately 2.53 million, an increase of 114,872 (4.7%) from year ending 31st March 2010.The number of tooth extractions carried out by NHS GDS dentists increased by 2.4% from 518,685 in year ending 31st March 2010 to 531,055 in year ending 31st March 2011.There were increases in the number of root fillings (6%), crowns (4%) and fillings (3%) provided in year ending 31st March 2011 compared to the previous financial year. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#590 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#809 At 31 March 2011:The level of the Scottish population (all ages) registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 73.2%, up from 72.0% as at 31 December 2010. The 6-12 age group had the highest level of population registered (95.5%) with an NHS GDS dentist. Among mainland NHS boards, NHS Ayrshire & Arran had the highest level of children registered (85.2%) and NHS Lanarkshire the highest level of adults registered (77.2%).People from the most deprived backgrounds make up the lowest proportion (18.8%) of those registered. At Scotland level, the rate of participation in NHS General Dental Services among registered patients over the last 2 years was 80.3% for adults and 88.6% for children. Participation rates for children were highest in NHS Borders (93.0%) and lowest in NHS Western Isles (74.4%), while rates for adults were highest in NHS Borders (87.6%) and lowest in NHS Orkney (63.1%). Tue, 31 May 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#809 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#728 This report monitors NHS boards' progress made towards the targets at both local and national level and covers the last 6 months of the calendar year 2010. Targets are monitored across 4 key areas:Oral Health ImprovementWorkforceServicesQuality of Services. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#728 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#738 The level of the Scottish population (all ages) registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 72.0%, up from 70.9% as at 30 September 2010. The 6-12 age group had the highest level of population registered (94.7%) with an NHS GDS dentist. NHS Ayrshire & Arran had the highest level of population (all ages) registered with an NHS GDS dentist as at 31st December 2010 (77.6%) and in the previous quarter ending 30th September 2010 (76.7%). Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#738 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#758 Targets are monitored across 4 key areas:Oral Health Improvement WorkforceServicesQuality of Services. This report has been completed using a combination of data collated by NHS boards, NES and ISD, some of which have already been published (e.g. registrations data in section 3, Services). Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#758 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#757 The percentage of the Scottish population registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 70.9%, up from 70.1% at 30th June 2010. The 6-12 age group had the highest percentage of population registered (94.5%) with an NHS GDS dentist. NHS Ayrshire & Arran had the highest proportion (all ages) registered with an NHS GDS dentist as at 30th September 2010 (76.7%) and 30th June (75.3%). Participation rates have been published for the first time and show that 74% of children and 54% of adults in Scotland attended the dentist within the 2 year period to Sep 2010. Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#757 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#780 Publication reports on Registrations and Fees & TreatmentsThe percentage of the Scottish population registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 69.0% (all ages) as at 31st March 2010 and 70.1% (all ages) as at 30th June 2010. Overall, there was a 0.8 percentage point decrease from 31st December 2009 to 31st March 2010, followed by a 1.1 percentage point increase from 31st March 2010 to 30th June 2010. [These figures are based on an improved methodology which has removed deceased and duplicate patient records and allowed for reporting by patient residence postcode ]. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/index.asp#780