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Workforce Planning for Dentistry in Scotland:
A Strategic Review:
Interim Report and Recommendations

September 2000

Contents

i Scottish Advisory Committee on the Dental Workforce Membership and Contributors to this Report

ii Summary of Report and Recommendations

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BACKGROUND

3. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

4. FACTORS INFLUENCING DEMAND
4.1 General trends – Changes to Society
4.2 Oral health

5. FACTORS INFLUENCING SUPPLY
5.1 Numbers of Dentists
5.2 Professions Complementary to Dentistry
5.3 Working patterns and practices
5.4 Human resource policies

6. BALANCE IN SUPPLY AND DEMAND
6.1 Workforce production - Dental graduates
6.2 Workforce production - Hygienists and Therapists
6.3 Workforce production - Dental Nurses and Dental Technicians
6.4 Loss of workforce
6.5 UK and European Union Dentists

7. RESOURCES AND FINANCE

8. RECOMMENDED AREAS OF REVIEW FOR SCOTTISH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DENTAL WORKFORCE

9. REFERENCES

10. ANNEXES
ANNEX A ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL DENTAL SERVICES
ANNEX B THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY DENTAL SERVICE
ANNEX C SALARIED DENTAL SERVICES
ANNEX D PROFESSIONS COMPLEMENTARY TO DENTISTRY (PCD)
ANNEX E SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL AND DENTAL EDUCATION DENTAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND GENERAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

11. TABLES AND GRAPHS
Table 1 - Dental Graduates of Scottish Dental Schools
Table 2 – Numbers of Dentists Working in Scotland
Table 3 – Projected number of UK-qualified dentists
Table 4 – Retirement Age of Dentists 1988-1998
Table 5 – Projected Numbers of UK-Qualified Dentists by Gender
Table 6 - Dental Student Intake of Scottish Dental Schools
Table 7 – Proportion of Male and Female Principal Dentists Working in the GDS in Scotland by Age ( WTE unknown)
Table 8–UK-Qualified Dentists Leaving the Register
Table 9 – UK Dental Graduates 1976-2000

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