§ Lord Finsbergasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the total number of National Health Service dentists in each of the four Thames Regions
Table 1: General Dental Service: number of dentists1,2 for the four Thames Regional Health Authorities3 as at 30 September Regional Health Authority 1990 Number of dentists 1991 Number of dentists 1992 Number of dentists 1993 Number of dentists 1994 Number of dentists North West Thames RHA 1,512 1,436 1,400 1,457 1,461 North East Thames RHA 1,226 1,222 1,202 1,228 1,229 South East Thames RHA 1,341 1,334 1,309 1,370 1,355 South West Thames RHA 1,240 1,242 1,237 1,258 1,258 Source: Dental Practice Board
1 Includes principals, assistants and vocational trainees. Hospital Dental Service, Community Dental Service and salaried dentists are excluded.
2 Some dentists have contracts with more than one Family Health Service Authority. These dentists have been counted only once, in the region which includes the Family Health Service Authority in which they hold their main contract.
3 From 1.4 1994 the boundaries of North West and North East Thames changed to include one fewer FHSA (Bedfordshire). In order to be consistent the original definition has been used throughout the table 106WA for the year 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)The information is in the table.