HC Deb 05 December 2001 vol 376 cc368-9W
Mr. Reed

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients in(a) Leicestershire and (b) the Loughborough constituency are registered with an NHS dentist; [18496]

(2) how many dentists in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the Loughborough constituency provide NHS treatment. [18495]

Jacqui Smith

The number of patients registered with a dentist in the general dental service (GDS) in Leicestershire health authority at 30 September 2001 is shown in the table. The table also shows the number of GDS dentists who carry out the majority of their work in the area covered by Leicestershire health authority.

Information on the number of patients registered and number of GDS dentists is not available by constituency.

General dental service: number of registrations and dentists in Leicestershire health authority at 30 September 2001
Number
Registrations:
Adults 330,478
Children 136,141
Total 466,619
Total number of dentists1 282
1 Dentists who do the majority of their work in Leicestershire health authority. Excludes dentists in Leicestershire health area who do most of their work in other health authorities.