§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of(a) adults and (b) children in the United Kingdom were registered with a NHS dentist at the end of February. [173030]
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§ Ms Rosie WintertonAt the end of February 2004, 44.3 per cent. of adults and 60.7 per cent. of children in the United Kingdom were registered with a general dental service (GDS) dentist.
However, patients do not necessarily have to be registered with a dentist to receive national health service treatment. The community dental service, personal dental service, the salaried service of the GDS and the hospital dental service are all services which do not require the patient to be registered with a dentist before treatment.
§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists per 10,000 population there are in England. [173032]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThere are 4.7 dentists per 10,000 of the population in England.
§ Mr. Quentin DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in England are accepting new adult patients to be treated on the NHS; and what the equivalent number was 10 years ago. [173821]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonOn 17 May, 2,716 surgeries in England were registering new charge paying adults to be treated on the national health service; 3,049 surgeries were registering new charge exempt adults to be treated on the NHS and 1,583 surgeries were offering occasional treatment to non-registered patients. Personal dental services pilots, including dental access centres, provide NHS dental care to patients without registration.
Comparable information is not available for 10 years ago.
§ Mr. Quentin DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists are practising in(a) Lincolnshire and (b) England. [173822]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe number of national health service dentists practising in both Lincolnshire and England as a whole as at 30 September 2003 is shown in the table.
England Lincolnshire General dental service (GDS) 18,536 243 Personal dental services 802 13 Community dental services 1,518 10 Hospital dental services 2,245 36 Salaried service of GDS 128 1 Total 23,229 303
§ Mr. Quentin DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered dentists in Lincolnshire are accepting new adult patients to be treated on the NHS. [173823]
§ Dr. LadymanThere are four primary care trusts (PCTs) in the Lincolnshire area: North East Lincolnshire PCT, West Lincolnshire PCT, Lincolnshire South-West Teaching PCT and North Lincolnshire PCT.
Information on the number of dental surgeries accepting new national health service patients in these PCT areas, as at 17 May 2004, is shown in the table.
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Dental surgeries in Lincolnshire accepting new NHS patients by type of patient PCT Charge paying adults Charge exempt adults Occasional non-registered patients North East Lincolnshire — — 1 West Lincolnshire 1 — — Lincolnshire South West Teaching 1 2 — North Lincolnshire 1 — — source: www.nhs.uk.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of patients on an NHS dental surgery list was in each of the last five years. [170632]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information in the table shows the number of registered patients, number of general dental service (GDS) principals and the average dentist list size at September each year between 1999 to 2003.
Registrations cover patients seen in the last 15 months who are registered with the dentist. Many people choose not to register with a GDS dentist and only visit the dentist when they require treatment.
GDS: Average dentist list size at September each year in England Number of patients registered per million Number of GDS principals Average list size 1999 23.47 16,089 1,459 2000 23.66 16,276 1,454 2001 23.58 16,451 1,433 2002 23.47 16,445 1,427 2003 23.32 16,648 1,401
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times on average an NHS dental patient visited an NHS dentist in each of the last five years. [170633]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information is not collected in the requested format.
The total number of courses of treatment for adults in the general dental service has risen from 25.9 million in 1999– 26.6 million in 2003–04.
£million Period Adult courses of treatment in GDS—England 1996–97 24.6 1997–98 25.3 1998–99 26.2 1999–2000 25.9 2000–01 26.4 2001–02 26.3 2002–03 26.3 2003–04 26.6
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people joined private practice dental surgeries in 2003–04 in(a) Worthing and (b) England. [170631]
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§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on the number of people joining private dental surgeries is not collected centrally. The Office of Fair Trading report, "The Private Dentistry Market in the UK", published in 2003, stated that some 210 practices are totally private in the United Kingdom out of 11,000 Practices in total. This equates to less than two per cent.