Dental Practitioners (Hansard, 27 November 1991)

§ Mr. Gareth Wardell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish for each family health service authority area in England(a) its population, (b) the number of people registered with a general dental practitioner, (c) the ratio of general dental practitioners to the number of people registered, (d) (b) as a percentage of (a) and (e) the percentage of children under the age of 18 years registered with a general dental practitioner.

§ Mr. Dorrell
The information is shown in the table. The new dental contract introduced in October last year provides for the first time, all-round continuing care. More than 21 million people in England have registered with a dentist under the new contract, a faster take-up than we or the dental profession expected.
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Population 30 June 1989 All adults and children Continuing care and Capitation Registrations 30 September 1991 Total Registrations per GDP Registrations as a percentage of population Child Registrations as a percentage of child population

FHSA (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

Rotherham 253,632 100,959 1,530 40 52

Sheffield 526,558 246,476 1,408 47 57

East Anglia

Cambridgeshire 655,047 311,521 1,702 48 55

Norfolk 748,501 387,803 1,731 52 71

Suffolk 641,029 342,062 1,736 53 58

North West Thames

Bedfordshire 531,168 181,933 1,300 34 36

Hertfordshire 987,390 475,563 1,189 48 64

Barnet 310,411 93,867 647 30 45

Brent and Harrow 448,535 174,630 934 39 44

Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 638,112 217,524 877 34 36

Hillingdon 235,270 100,062 1,300 43 43

Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 303,996 92,198 386 30 27

North East Thames

Essex 1,532,067 635,028 1,440 41 53

Barking and Havering 380,020 135,611 1,267 36 44

Camden and Islington 353,141 128,359 729 36 31

City and East London 566,946 168,781 976 30 28

Enfield and Haringey 452,039 162,480 903 36 46

Redbridge and Waltham Forest 443,908 171,822 1,185 39 50

South East Thames

East Sussex 711,830 354,838 1,286 50 59

Kent 1,523,673 642,795 1,260 42 52

Greenwich and Bexley 433,458 167,066 1,137 39 48

Bromley 299,398 92,018 719 31 53

Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 684,768 271,662 995 40 36

South West Thames

Surrey 999,978 460,362 1,016 46 59

West Sussex 704,860 361,120 1,267 51 68

Croydon 317,362 132,502 1,086 42 48

Kingston and Richmond 299,856 95,921 685 32 56

Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 589,180 212,582 878 36 42

Wessex

Dorset 656,827 358,565 1,580 55 66

Hampshire 1,545,962 776,403 1,525 50 56

Wiltshire 558,395 254,704 1,612 46 54

Isle of Wight 130,450 61,979 1,377 48 58

Oxford

Berkshire 749,452 309,343 1,208 41 52

Buckinghamshire 534,349 284,277 1,241 45 58

Northamptonshire 576,059 248,627 1,727 43 52

Oxfordshire 577,600 245,632 1,234 43 54

South Western

Avon 952,850 490,081 1,365 51 61

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 464,084 233,655 1,657 50 61

Devon 1,029,886 549,722 1,482 53 63

Gloucestershire 529,494 282,119 1,454 53 61

Somerset 460,890 248,092 1,632 54 64

West Midlands

Hereford and Worcester 675,236 323,924 1,604 48 58

Salop 403,265 211,710 1,654 52 60

Staffordshire 1,038,990 440,568 1,791 42 55

Warwickshire 483,060 222,861 1,701 46 56

Birmingham 992,477 426,503 1,461 43 45

Coventry 304,129 136,981 1,851 45 43

Dudley 305,383 127,942 1,706 42 49

Sandwell 295,544 114,455 1,659 39 38

Solihull 204,392 79,544 1,348 39 48

Walsall 263,557 92,252 1,591 35 44

Wolverhampton 249,927, 98,067 1,582 39 35

Mersey

Cheshire 958,562 468,405 1,455 49 57

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Population 30 June 1989 All adults and children Continuing care and Capitation Registrations 30 September 1991 Total Registrations per GDP Registrations as a percentage of population Child Registrations as a percentage of child population

FHSA (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

Liverpool 465,910 196,477 1,346 42 48

St. Helens and Knowsley 346,282 140,613 1,580 41 48

Sefton 299,623 138,172 1,535 46 59

Wirral 336,168 153,849 1,304 46 52

North Western

Lancashire 1,390,794 624,716 1,509 45 55

Bolton 265,007 116,997 1,648 44 53

Bury 176,399 80,324 1,361 46 56

Manchester 443,626 201,032 1,129 45 51

Oldham 220,715 93,587 1,376 42 56

Rochdale 207,617 90,356 1,738 44 50

Salford 234,594 109,848 1,772 47 71

Stockport 291,270 161,577 1,524 55 66

Tameside 218,242 92,859 1,688 43 57

Trafford 215,291 122,297 1,491 57 70

Wigan 309,623 138,715 1,524 45 58

Note: Population estimates for 1991 are not yet available. Population estimates as at June 1989 have been used to be consistent with the patient registration data published by the Dental Practice Board.

§ Mr. Gareth Wardell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish for each family health service authority area in England, and for each year since 1970, the percentage of children over the age of five years in maintained schools inspected by the community dental service.

§ Mr. Dorrell
The information is not held, in the form requested.

	Population 30 June 1989 All adults and children	Continuing care and Capitation Registrations 30 September 1991	Total Registrations per GDP	Registrations as a percentage of population	Child Registrations as a percentage of child population
FHSA	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
Rotherham	253,632	100,959	1,530	40	52
Sheffield	526,558	246,476	1,408	47	57
East Anglia
Cambridgeshire	655,047	311,521	1,702	48	55
Norfolk	748,501	387,803	1,731	52	71
Suffolk	641,029	342,062	1,736	53	58
North West Thames
Bedfordshire	531,168	181,933	1,300	34	36
Hertfordshire	987,390	475,563	1,189	48	64
Barnet	310,411	93,867	647	30	45
Brent and Harrow	448,535	174,630	934	39	44
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	638,112	217,524	877	34	36
Hillingdon	235,270	100,062	1,300	43	43
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	303,996	92,198	386	30	27
North East Thames
Essex	1,532,067	635,028	1,440	41	53
Barking and Havering	380,020	135,611	1,267	36	44
Camden and Islington	353,141	128,359	729	36	31
City and East London	566,946	168,781	976	30	28
Enfield and Haringey	452,039	162,480	903	36	46
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	443,908	171,822	1,185	39	50
South East Thames
East Sussex	711,830	354,838	1,286	50	59
Kent	1,523,673	642,795	1,260	42	52
Greenwich and Bexley	433,458	167,066	1,137	39	48
Bromley	299,398	92,018	719	31	53
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	684,768	271,662	995	40	36
South West Thames
Surrey	999,978	460,362	1,016	46	59
West Sussex	704,860	361,120	1,267	51	68
Croydon	317,362	132,502	1,086	42	48
Kingston and Richmond	299,856	95,921	685	32	56
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	589,180	212,582	878	36	42
Wessex
Dorset	656,827	358,565	1,580	55	66
Hampshire	1,545,962	776,403	1,525	50	56
Wiltshire	558,395	254,704	1,612	46	54
Isle of Wight	130,450	61,979	1,377	48	58
Oxford
Berkshire	749,452	309,343	1,208	41	52
Buckinghamshire	534,349	284,277	1,241	45	58
Northamptonshire	576,059	248,627	1,727	43	52
Oxfordshire	577,600	245,632	1,234	43	54
South Western
Avon	952,850	490,081	1,365	51	61
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	464,084	233,655	1,657	50	61
Devon	1,029,886	549,722	1,482	53	63
Gloucestershire	529,494	282,119	1,454	53	61
Somerset	460,890	248,092	1,632	54	64
West Midlands
Hereford and Worcester	675,236	323,924	1,604	48	58
Salop	403,265	211,710	1,654	52	60
Staffordshire	1,038,990	440,568	1,791	42	55
Warwickshire	483,060	222,861	1,701	46	56
Birmingham	992,477	426,503	1,461	43	45
Coventry	304,129	136,981	1,851	45	43
Dudley	305,383	127,942	1,706	42	49
Sandwell	295,544	114,455	1,659	39	38
Solihull	204,392	79,544	1,348	39	48
Walsall	263,557	92,252	1,591	35	44
Wolverhampton	249,927,	98,067	1,582	39	35
Mersey
Cheshire	958,562	468,405	1,455	49	57