Dentists

HC Deb 18 January 1977 vol 924 cc138-9W

30. Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of dentists to population in each area health authority in England.

Mr. Moyle

The latest available information on the number of dentists, per 10,000 population, practising in the General Dental Services, is as follows:

AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY AND NUMBER OF DENTISTS PER 10,000 POPULATION
Northern Region
Cleveland AHA	1.5
Cumbria AHA	2.0
Durham AHA	1.3
Northumberland AHA	1.8
Gateshead AHA	1.9
Newcastle upon Tyne AHA	2.8
North Tyneside AHA	2.5
South Tyneside AHA	1.4
Sunderland AHA	1.3
Yorkshire Region
Humberside AHA	1.4
North Yorkshire AHA	2.4
Bradford AHA	2.2
Calderdale AHA	1.6
Kirklees AHA	1.7
Leeds AHA	2.6
Wakefield AHA	1.9
Trent Region
Derbyshire AHA	1.7
Leicestershire AHA	1.9
Lincolnshire AHA	1.7
Nottinghamshire AHA	1.8
Barnsley AHA	1.4
Doncaster AHA	1.6
Rotherham AHA	1.6
Sheffield AHA	2.2
East Anglia Region
Cambridgeshire AHA	1.8
Norfolk AHA	2.0
Suffolk AHA	2.3
North West Thames Region
Bedfordshire AHA	1.9
Hertfordshire AHA	3.1
Barnet AHA	4.5
Brent & Harrow AHA	4.0
Ealing Hammersmith & Hounslow AHA	3.8
Hillingdon AHA	3.0
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster AHA	8.9

North East Thames Region
Essex AHA	2.1
Barking & Havering AHA	2.1
Camden & Islington AHA	5.5
City & East London AHA	2.6
Enfield & Haringey AHA	3.0
Redbridge & Waltham Forest AHA	3.1
South East Thames Region
East Sussex AHA	3.1
Kent AHA	2.5
Greenwich & Bexley AHA	2.6
Bromley AHA	3.7
Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham AHA	2.9
South West Thames Region
Surrey AHA	3.5
West Sussex AHA	3.2
Croydon AHA	3.8
Kingston,sutton &Richmond AHA	3.7
Merton,Sutton & Wandsworth AHA	3.3
Wessex Region
Dorset AHA	3.1
Hampshire AHA	2.7
Wiltshire AHA	2.1
Isle of Wight AHA	2.9
Oxford Region
Berkshire AHA	2.6
Buckinghamshire AHA	2.5
Northamptonshire AHA	1.8
Oxfordshire AHA	2.6
South Western Region
Avon AHA	3.1
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly AHA	2.4
Devon AHA	2.9
Gloucestershire AHA	2.6
Somerset AHA	2.6
West Midlands Region
Hereford & Worcester AHA	2.2
Salop AHA	2.3
Staffordshire AHA	1.7
Warwickshire AHA	2.1
Birmingham AHA	2.1
Coventry AHA	1.8
Dudley AHA	1.4
Sandwell AHA	2.0
Solihull AHA	2.2
Walsall AHA	1.4
Wolverhampton AHA	1.7
Mersey Region
Cheshire AHA	2.4
Liverpool AHA	2.1
St.Helens & Knowsley AHA	1.6
Sefton AHA	2.2
Wirral AHA	2.5
North Western Region
Lancashire AHA	1.8
Bolton AHA	1.9
Bury AHA	2.3
Manchester AHA	2.4
Oldham AHA	1.2
Rochdale AHA	1.7
Salford AHA	1.5
Stockport AHA	2.6
Tameside AHA	1.8
Trafford AHA	2.6
Wigan AHA	1.6