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<p>The NHS Business Services Authority collects data on the number of dentists (performers)
who provide some National Health Service primary care dental services in each financial
year. This data includes information on leavers and joiners. Leavers are defined as
dentists who performed NHS activity in one year but then recorded no activity in the
following year and Joiners are defined dentists who recorded NHS activity in the later
year but who did not record NHS activity in the previous year. The information requested
on NHS-registered dental practitioners ceasing to provide NHS services for the last
10 years is attached. Most dentists (associates) work on NHS contracts held by other
dentists with NHS England.</p><p>No information is held on the reasons for an individual
dentist leaving an NHS contract. Where the dentist is a contract holder the funding
returns to NHS England and it is able to re-let the contract. Where the dentist is
working on a contract as an associate the contract holder will seek to recruit a replacement
dentist. Overall in the last year for which data is available, 2017/18 total numbers
of dentists providing some NHS service increased.</p>
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