From: Dentists with enhanced skills (Special Interest) in Endodontics: gatekeepers views in London
Borough | Resident Population (Thousand) [Figures from Mid-2010] | Valid Sample (Dentist) | No. of Dentists who responded | % responded by PCT dentist population | Estimated Number of patients | |||||
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 |  |  |  | Currently referred to a DwSIs/year | Future referrals to DwSIs/year | |||||
No. of Dentists who responded | Total No. of Patients | Mean per dentist | No. of Dentists who responded | Total No. of Patients | Mean per dentist | |||||
A - no DwSI service, but had secondary endodontic services | 287 | 93 | 44 | 47 % | 3 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 1220 | 33 |
B - PCT-based triage set-up for the DwSI | 229 | 132 | 60 | 45 % | 36 | 670 | 18.6 | 52 | 1340 | 28 |
C - DwSI trainee was accepting external referrals | 290 | 181 | 56 | 31 % | 11 | 43 | 4 | 52 | 911 | 17 |
D - DwSI trainee was in salaried dental services | 237 | 109 | 26 | 24 % | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 722 | 30 |
E - DwSI trainees accepting only internal referrals | 170 | 91 | 22 | 24 % | 7 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 339 | 18 |
F - had neither a DwSI trainee nor specialist services | 271 | 193 | 35 | 18 % | 1 | 50 | 50 | 28 | 678 | 24 |
London | 7800 | 799 | 243 | 30 % | 59 | 820 | 14 | 212 | 5210 | 24 |