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Table 4 Response by Borough on Need for DwSI service

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

    

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