Will the Minister provide the number of adults in Wales that were exempt from NHS dentistry charges in each of the last 5 years?
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services | Answered on 17/01/2024
Statistics on the number of courses of treatment recorded for adults who are exempt from NHS dentistry charges for the last 5 years are published on StatsWales. Data for the last 5 years is as follows:
|
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
701,396 |
666,888 |
130,738 |
237,408 |
313,117 |
Note that the same patient may have multiple courses of treatment in a year, therefore the number of courses of treatment does not equal the total number of patients treated. Statistics on patient-level exemption status are not currently available.