Dental anaesthesia / report of a Joint Sub-Committee on Dental Anaesthesia.

  • Great Britain. Joint Subcommittee on Dental Anaesthesia.
Date:
1967
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Credit: Dental anaesthesia / report of a Joint Sub-Committee on Dental Anaesthesia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Proportion of general anaesthetics administered in the general dental services of the National Health Service in England and Wales by medical practitioners with special training in anaesthesia. TABLE 1 Proportion of general anaesthetics administered by medical and dental practitioners respectively (1) Anaesthetist Number of Percentage of claims total claims Total .. o 6,754 100 By medical practitioner . . 3,012 44 -6 By dental surgeon ae 3,742 55 -4 (i) By operating dental surgeon... 1,529 2270 (ii) By second dental surgeon... 2,213 32 8 (1) Obtained from a random sample of 6,754 claims involving: general anaesthesia from those authorised for payment in the period November 1965 to January 1966 inclusive. TABLE 2 Proportion of general anaesthetics administered by medical practitioners classified by practitioners’ training in anaesthesia (1) Anaesthetists Anaesthetics Type of given Anaesthetics anaesthetist | —__———_| per doctor Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. a | ef | — Total ah 1,365 100 3,288 100 2-4 Consultant anaesthetists (2) ve 215 16 920 28 43 General practitioner anaesthetists (2) a 132 9 598 15 4°5 Other doctors A a 1,018 fb: 1,770 ST | | (1) Obtained from all 3,288 claims for anaesthetics which were authorised for payment on 15th and 16th February, 1966. (2) Doctors with special training in anaesthesia.