Numberof Practices that Ceased Providing NHS General Dental Services^1,2 inthe Years Ending 31 March 2000-2007

Source: DAS (ManagementInformation & Dental Accounting System).

Notes:

- no data.

x notapplicable.

1.Some practices may cease providing NHS general dentalservices permanently, while some may do so only temporarily. Some practices mayclose and re-open in another location.

2.The number ofpractices with at least one dentist providing NHS general dental services on 1April of the year in question but not on the 31 March the following year.

3.The dissolution of NHS Argyll and Clyde tookeffect from 1 April 2006. From this date, dental practices from NHS Argyll andClyde are included in figures for NHS Highland and NHS Greater Glasgow andClyde.

There is a range ofdisciplinary penalties which the Scottish Executive can impose depending uponthe seriousness of the breach. Disciplinary action was taken in each of thesecases.

Note:*Information cannot be provided where the numbers involved are fewer than 5 andcould lead to the individuals being identified.

In line with its DiversityStrategy and Diversity Delivery Plan, the Scottish Executive is committed tobeing an organisation that values the contribution of each member of staff andreflects the communities it serves.

Although partial informationis available from various sources on improvements to dwellings there is nocentrally held comprehensive source of information that would provide ameaningful picture of the level of renovation work carried out in recent years.

The figures are given intable 1 of parliamentary question S3W-1922 – Annual NHS staff costs 2001-02 –2005-06 a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. reference 43219). The tableshows the annual NHS staff costs over the last five years for each NHS board,the costs expressed as a percentage of each Board’s total budget and year onyear changes:

Reason for Increase

A range of factors impactupon staff costs. These include increases in staff numbers (which have beensignificant in recent years), annual uplifts to staff pay, movement of staff uppay scales, temporary supplements to staff pay such a New Deal bandingsupplements for junior doctors, introduction of pay modernisation and thechange in employers’ superannuation contributions from 5.5% of totalpensionable salaries to 14% in April 2004.

Information on expenditureby NHS boards on the specific groups of staff requested is not collectedcentrally; however information on the following groups of staff is available:

Informationon the costs of these groups of staff and the increase between 1999-2000 and2006-07 is given in table 1 of parliamentary question S3W-1917 - NHS StaffExpenditure 1999-2000 and 2006-07 (SFR 15), a copy of which has been placed inthe Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43216).

Thestaff figures are taken from Scottish Financial Return 15 which were completedby all boards and trusts and returned to the SEHD with their annual accounts.

Proportion of NHS Budget

It is not possible toidentify exactly what each NHS board spends on administrative staff as there isno definition of this with which to collate information. However expenditure onstaff on administration and clerical pay scales has been used as anapproximation, although this may include staff who might not be consideredadministrative and conversely may exclude those that are who are paid on adifferent pay scale, such as senior managers.

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