Publication, Part of Dentists' Working Patterns, Motivation and Morale

Dental Working Hours - 2016/17 and 2017/18: Working Patterns, Motivation and Morale [PAS]

Publication Date:: 30 Aug 2018
Geographic Coverage:: United Kingdom
Date Range:: 01 Apr 2016 to 31 Mar 2018

Summary

Dental Working Hours - 2016/17 and 2017/18: Working Patterns, Motivation and Morale presents findings from the biennial Dental Working Patterns Survey which was undertaken during the spring of 2018.

All self-employed primary care dentists who provided some NHS/Health Service treatment in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland during one or both of 2016/17 and 2017/18 were invited to participate. The report presents information on dentists’ working patterns such as:

weekly hours of work

NHS/Health Service and private dentistry

division of time between clinical and non-clinical work

annual leave

The report also explores any relationship between these working patterns and dentists’ motivation and morale.

This is the first time that this report has been released as a single instalment. Time-series comparisons are provided from 2006/07 for England & Wales and from 2008/09 for Northern Ireland and Scotland. Detailed working patterns, motivation and morale results are available through the interactive report. Although the report contains analysis for England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the values are not directly comparable between countries; this is due to differing contractual arrangements as well as the use of different methods to derive dental type in each country.

The report has been produced by NHS Digital in consultation with the Dental Working Group which includes representatives from the UK Health Departments, NHS England, NHS Business Services Authority Information Services, the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers and the British Dental Association representing the views and interests of dentists.

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