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These maps are intended to provide supporting information for practitioners looking to setup\/extend practices within the NHS Lothian area.  They include information on the locations of NHS practices across NHS Lothian, as well as information on housing land supply from the Housing Land Audit 2024 for each Lothian council area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the second map the blue circles represent projected new housing development, with the size of the circle positively relating to the number of dwellings to be built.  The biggest plots contain up to 2500 houses.  It does not provide information on size of housing or the number of inhabitants in each dwelling. It is also important to note that information contained on the page is correct as of January 2025 and is liable to change.  Individuals wishing to set up a dental practice will wish to take multiple factors into account and take their own professional and legal advice before proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dental Practices & Population Density in NHS Lothian Area<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dental Practices Housing Land Supply & SIMD 2020 for NHS Lothian Area<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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These maps are intended to provide supporting information for practitioners looking to setup\/extend practices within the NHS Lothian area.  They include information on the locations of NHS practices across NHS Lothian, as well as information on housing land supply from the Housing Land Audit 2024 for each Lothian council area. On the second map the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"These maps are intended to provide supporting information for practitioners looking to setup\/extend practices within the NHS Lothian area.  They include information on the locations of NHS practices across NHS Lothian, as well as information on housing land supply from the Housing Land Audit 2024 for each Lothian council area. On the second map the","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/dentists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}