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34 million courses of NHS dental treatment delivered

1 min read Oral health and mouth cancer
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published the NHS Dental Statistics England 2023/24 annual report.

The publication covers NHS dental activity and the NHS dental workforce in England from 2019/20 to 2023/24. This release is the first in this series by the NHSBSA, following the transition from NHS England, who previously published the report.

Key findings show that 34m courses of dental treatment were delivered in 2023/24, 4.3 per cent more than 2022/23. The total units of dental activity increased by 3.4 per cent from 2022/23, up to 73m.

There were 18m adult patients seen in the 24-month period up to the end of March 2024, and 6.7 million child patients seen in the 12-month period up to the same date.

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