To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists there are in deprived areas in each local authority area.
The following table shows thenumber of NHS general dental practitioners in each local authority area, brokendown by deprivation category of dental practice. Information on NHS dentists workingin the Hospital and Community Dental Services is not available by local authorityarea.
Number of NHSGeneral Dental Practitioners1,2 by Deprivation Category of Dental Practiceand Local Authority Area3 at 30 September 2005
| SIMD4 |
Local Authority Area | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Aberdeen City | 42 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 4 |
Aberdeenshire | 33 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Angus | 9 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Argyll and Bute | 2 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 3 |
Scottish Borders | 2 | 10 | 24 | - | - |
Clackmannanshire | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | 9 |
West Dunbartonshire | - | - | 9 | 19 | 9 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 11 |
Dundee City | 6 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 28 |
East Ayrshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13 |
East Dunbartonshire | 31 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 1 |
East Lothian | 6 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
East Renfrewshire | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
City of Edinburgh | 124 | 53 | 37 | 30 | 21 |
Falkirk | 4 | 12 | 8 | 22 | - |
Fife | 21 | 70 | 42 | 22 | 11 |
Glasgow City | 15 | 13 | 85 | 86 | 141 |
Highland | 8 | 40 | 25 | 31 | 6 |
Inverclyde | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
Midlothian | 9 | 7 | 4 | - | 7 |
Moray | 6 | 4 | 15 | 2 | - |
North Ayrshire | 2 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 26 |
North Lanarkshire | 16 | 5 | 24 | 60 | 34 |
Orkney Islands | 2 | 8 | - | - | - |
Perth and Kinross | 9 | 21 | 15 | 31 | - |
Renfrewshire | 6 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 25 |
Shetland Islands | - | 10 | 1 | - | - |
South Ayrshire | 3 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 11 |
South Lanarkshire | 12 | 23 | 44 | 27 | 22 |
Stirling | 17 | 18 | 5 | 5 | - |
West Lothian | 3 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 3 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | - | - | 5 | 3 | - |
Scotland | 412 | 407 | 520 | 620 | 395 |
Source: MIDAS (Management Informationand Dental Accounting System).
Notes:
1. Comprises non-salaried andsalaried NHS principal general dental practitioners, including joint appointments.
2. An NHS general dental practitionermay enter into more than one arrangement with an NHS board if he/she has more thanone practice, or an arrangement with more than one NHS board if he/she practisesin more than one NHS board area. As a result, the sum of the number of dentistsin each local authority area and each SIMD exceeds the number of dentists practisingin Scotland.
3. Based on location of dentalpractice.
4. Scottish Index of MultipleDeprivation (SIMD 2004). one is least deprived, five most deprived.