Question reference: S6W-00277
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 27 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on potentially losing NHS dentists to the private sector.
Answer
There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) under this Government. As at March 2021 the number of GDPs in Scotland was 3,039 compared to 2,186 in 2007, an increase of 39%. This means that there are 55.7 dentists per 100,000 of the population providing NHS care and treatment in 2021, compared to 42.3 in 2007.