Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-10085

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 28 July 2022
Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of households in the (a) Borders, (b) Dumfries and Galloway, (c) East Lothian, (d) East Ayrshire, (e) South Ayrshire, (f) South Lanarkshire and (g) Midlothian Council area are not registered with a dentist.

Answer

The percentage of the population registered with a NHS dentist in Scotland is broken down by NHS Board rather than council area and is published by Public Health Scotland (PHS). As of September 2021, the percentage of patients who are not registered with a NHS dentist is as follows:-

Ayrshire and Arran

15.3% of children
1% of adults

Borders

14.6% of children
15.7% of adults

Dumfries and Galloway

13.7% of children
8.5% of adults

Lanarkshire

13.2% of children
0% of adults

Lothian

16.1% of children
7.9% of adults

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