GDPs work an average of 36.9 hours a week
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- Published: Thursday, 15 September 2016 07:36
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GDPs work an average of 36.9 hours per week in dentistry, with contract holders working 41.4 hours and associates 36 hours. 70.7% is worked in the NHS and 29.3% privately in mixed practice. Overall, dentists’ time is split 77.8% on clinical work and 22.2% on non-clinical work (including administrative and management duties).
The main findings of the working hours survey for 2015/16 in England and Wales are:
Overall, GDPs (full and part-time) reported working an average of 36.9 hours per week in dentistry
- Contract holders* worked an average of 41.4 hours per week
- Associate dentists worked 36.0 hours weekly
- Overall, 70.7 per cent of time was spent on NHS dental services with the remaining 29.3 per cent of time accounted for by private dentistry
Overall, dentists reported that their time spent on dentistry was split by 77.8% on clinical work and 22.2% on non-clinical work (including administrative and management duties). Contract holders reported spending 72.4% of their time on clinical work compared to 79.2% reported by Associate dentists.
*The term Contract Holder refers to GDPs holding an NHS contract, not Corporates.
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