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Dentists’ average earnings revealed
4th Aug 2009
Do the statistics reveal something to celebrate?
Self-employed dentists in England and Wales earned on average £89,062 before tax in 2007/2008, according to the NHS Information Centre.
The NHS Information Centre's chief executive Tim Straughan said: ‘The England and Wales report looks at earnings in the second year of the new contractual system and reveals the average earnings of NHS dentists varies greatly depending on whether they personally held a contract with their Primary Care organisation.'
The report also shows that in 2007/08 in England, all self-employed dentists earned on average £88,790 (before tax), with contract-holding dentists earning on average £126,527 (before tax) and dentists without a contract with a PCT earning on average £65,668 (before tax). In Wales, all self-employed dentists earned on average £93,924 (before tax) with contract-holding dentists earning on average £131,287 (before tax) and dentists without a contract with an LHB earning on average £66,259 (before tax).
The earnings and expenses of full and part-time, self-employed primary care dentists who undertook some NHS work in England and Wales in the year were considered, covering both their NHS and private work.
A separate report also looked at the earnings of dentists in Northern Ireland showing that self-employed dentists earned an average of £89,756 before tax, contract-holding dentists earning on average £121,174 (before tax) and dentists without a contract earning on average £66,134 (before tax).
The findings of both reports will help the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration make their next set of recommendations on dental remuneration.
The full reports can be seen at www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalearnexp0708 (England and Wales) and at www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalearnexp0708ni (Northern Ireland).
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