§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been deregistered for NHS dentistry treatment in each of the health authority areas within South West region for the past 52 weeks for which figures are available; and what those totals represent as a proportion of the total population in each case. [34856]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information is shown in the table. Family health service authorities can help patients to find national health service dentists.
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General dental service: number of adult and child patients registered at 31 May 1995 and patients deregistered from 8 July 1994 to 7 July 1995 Family health services authorities in South and West region Registered at 31 May 1995 Deregistered patients Number of deregistered as percentage of population of FHSA1 FHSA Adults3 Children3 Adults2 Children2 Adults Children Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 204,033 70,648 2,674 180 0.71 0.17 Devon 467,172 154,731 14,088 130 1.70 0.06 Gloucestershire 182,109 80,828 4,116 0 0.97 0.00 Somerset 233,336 75,200 7,000 9 1.90 0.01 1 Population estimates at June 1993. 2 The number of patients deregistered by dentists practising in the family health authorities shown; these are not necessarily residents of the family health services authorities. 3 Numbers of registered with dentists practising in the family health services authorities shown.