§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many dentists were offering national health service treatment in September 1994;
(2) how many salaried dentists were employed by English family health service authorities in December 1992, 1993 and 1994.
§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 23 January 1995]: At 30 September 1994, excluding salaried dentists, there were 15,084 principal general dental practitioners on the dental lists of family health services authorities. Additionally, although not on family health services authority lists, there were 801 assistants and vocational trainees working under the supervision of a principal.
The number of salaried dentists employed by English family health services authorities is shown in the table.
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Table 1: General Dental Service: Number of salaried dentists1 by family health services authority as at 31 December2 England FHSA 31 December 1992 31 December 1993 30 September 1994 All FHSAs 66 91 115 Cumbria — — 1 Derbyshire 1 1 3 Cambridgeshire 2 3 3 Norfolk 1 3 Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea 8 9 9
Table 1: General Dental Service: Number of salaried dentists1 by family health services authority as at 31 December2 England 31 December 31 December 30 September FHSA 1992 1993 1994 Essex 2 3 2 City and East London 8 8 9 Kent 3 5 5 Greenwich and Bexley 6 7 7 Bromley — 1 1 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 28 31 31 Surrey — 3 5 West Sussex 1 1 1 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 1 1 2 Wiltshire — 1 2 Isle of Wight — 1 2 Buckinghamshire 1 2 4 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2 4 3 Gloucestershire — 1 3 Somerset — 4 4 Staffordshire — — 1 Cheshire — — 8 Liverpool 2 2 2 Lancashire — 1 2 Manchester — — 1 Salford 1 1 1 Source: Dental Practice Board. Notes: 1 This is the number of salaried dentists with contracts registered at the DPB. It is not the number of salaried dentists in employment at the actual specified dates. 2 December data for 1994 are not available.