§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many calls received by each NHS Direct centre in the latest month for which figures are available740W concerned access to an NHS dentist; and what percentage of total calls in each case this figure represents. [131448]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information is not centrally collected in the form requested. The number of clinical calls relating to dentistry by call centre is shown in the table.
Dentist calls to NHS Direct for September 2003 Site Dental calls Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 302 Essex 262 Thames Valley and Northamptonshire 279 West Country 630 Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull 257 West Yorkshire 2,375 East Midlands 1,115 Manchester, Cheshire and Wirral 626 North West Coast 3,642 Midlandshires 556 Tees, East and North Yorkshire 716 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 511 Hampshire 573 Kent, Surrey and Sussex 227 North East 950 South Yorkshire and South Humber 269 Anglia 373 North and Central London 233 North East London 98 South East London 222 South West London 191 West London 140 In addition, NHS Direct will have dealt with a number of health information calls to do with dentistry but these calls are not separately currently identified.