New research has shown that just 11% of ‘dental practice activities’ launched last year were started by women.
This comes after Companies House data, analysed by Instant Offices, found a total of 1,723 ‘dental practice activities’ were registered in 2022. This is a 26% increase compared with 2021.
However, of the number of activities, just 196 were launched with by women – only 11% of last year’s total.
In addition, the research has found the number of dental practice activities launched by women has fallen year on year. In 2021, 287 of similar businesses were launched by women among a total of 1,365. This means 21% were led by women.
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General Dental Council’s 2019 report said that women represented 58% of the dental workforce. However, Instant Offices has stated that statistics show only 45% of female dental associates intend to leave the NHS. This is compared to 66% of men who do intend to leave the service and go into a private dental practice. Therefore, there are less women working in private dentistry than men.
In addition, research shows that the number of women working in NHS dentistry is steadily rising. This could be a reason as to why we aren’t seeing an increase in the amount of female dental practice owners, Instant Offices said.
John Williams, chief marketing officer at Instant Offices said: ‘Research shows that 54% of small businesses, 64% of medium ones and 59% of large companies reported improved business outcomes when implementing initiatives to improve gender diversity.
‘Studies have also shown women score higher than men in most leadership skills.’
The new research also showed that, overall, businesses were predominantly launched last year across London, Birmingham, Manchester, Eastbourne and Altrincham.
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