Recent figures published by the Information Centre have highlighted how the UK dental workforce is becoming less reliant on the NHS, according to the British Dental Association .
The Dental Earnings and Expenses Report 2005/06 revealed how a significant proportion of dentists’ net incomes came from sources other than NHS dentistry such as private dentistry .
According to the figures, between 2005 and 2006 less than 42 per cent of the earnings of GDS non-associates came from the NHS, while during 1999-2000, over 58 per cent of dentists’ total earnings came from the NHS .
BDA chief executive Peter Ward said: "The year to which this report refers was a difficult period for NHS dentistry that led to the implementation of an untried and untested new dental contract in England and Wales and the loss of approximately 2,000 practitioners to the service . However, the loss of those practitioners does not tell the full story."
"What these figures show is the dental workforce as a whole looking to a future in which they felt less and less able to rely on the NHS and adjusting the balance of their work accordingly."
"At the same time, demand for private care, and the wider range of treatments it offers, increased." He added.
In addition, the report underlines the small gap between the earnings of dentists who earn the majority of their income from NHS or private care .
It shows that GDS non-associates, who derived the majority of their income from the NHS, received a net income of £96,159 before tax, compared to counterparts earning most of their income from private dentistry who received a net income before tax of £101,256.
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