§ 36. Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has undertaken to evaluate the risks involved in using metal-based amalgams in dentistry; and if he will make a statement. [57386]
§ Mr. MilburnTwo projects have been commissioned this year. These are a pilot study of the incidence of adverse reactions associated with dental materials and a study of neuropsychological functioning of dentists exposed to chronic low levels of mercury.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): nursing and midwifery staff working in the registered midwifery area of work, as a proportion of Registered Midwives by grade and by region, in England, as at 30 September for each year Percentage 1993 1994 Grade D Grade E Grade F Grade D Grade E Grade F England 1.1 35.1 17.4 1.1 36.4 18.8 Northern 6.8 39.9 13.9 3.1 46.5 14.5 Yorkshire 0.8 44.4 10.9 0.5 44.0 15.2 Trent 0.4 33.8 13.3 0.5 34.2 14.4 East Anglia 0.2 33.9 14.6 0.5 38.6 14.1 North West Thames 0.8 30.5 25.9 1.1 28.7 28.3 North East Thames 0.3 25.1 25.4 0.3 26.7 28.3 South East Thames 1.0 28.7 19.7 1.3 28.9 22.1 South West Thames 1.3 32.5 21.7 1.0 32.1 22.6 Wessex 0.3 36.3 18.2 2.8 36.0 18.5 Oxford 1.0 35.9 10.8 2.6 34.6 13.7 South Western 1.2 37.2 15.0 0.5 39.0 15.9