§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of general dental practitioners, hospital and community dentists for each of the 1,000 per head of the population within each of the regional health authorities and for each of the last five years.
§ Sir George YoungThe information is as follows: 595W
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General Dental Practitioners* per 1,000 population† Hospital Dentists§ per 1,000 population† Community Dentists║ per 1,000 population† Regional Health Authority 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979‡ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979‡ 1975 1976 1977 1978 l979‡ Northern 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.015 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.017 0.037 0.036 0.037 0.038 0.038 Yorkshire 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.010 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.016 0.029 0.030 0.029 0.029 0.029 Trent 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.012 0.012 0.013 0.013 0.014 0.024 0.023 0.024 0.025 0.024 East Anglia 0.20 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.012 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.012 0.031 0.032 0.032 0.032 0.032 North West Thames 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.034 0.031 0.033 0.034 0.035 North East Thames 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.026 0.023 0.026 0.026 0.027 0.034 0.033 0.031 0.030 0.031 South East Thames 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.029 0.032 0.031 0.032 0.033 0.033 0.030 0.034 0.030 0.032 South West Thames 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.022 0.019 0.024 0.024 0.025 0.031 0.034 0.034 0.033 0.032 Wessex 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.013 0.013 0.044 0.042 0.041 0.042 0.044 Oxford 0.24 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.009 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.011 0.029 0.028 0.028 0.030 0.030 South Western 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.019 0.018 0.019 0.021 0.020 0.035 0.036 0.037 0.035 0.036 West Midlands 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.018 0.019 0.020 0.020 0.021 0.031 0.030 0.030 0.032 0.031 Mersey 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.25 0.018 0.019 0.021 0.020 0.022 0.032 0.029 0.031 0.034 0.033 North Western 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.017 0.017 0.019 0.020 0.021 0.028 0.030 0.031 0.035 0.034 * Dentists at 30 September each year who provided National Health Service General Dental Services, excluding dentists employed by Health Authorities. † Mid-year estimates of civilian population. ‡ Provisional figures based on 1978 population figures. § Whole-time equivalent at 30 September each year excluding general dental practitioners holding appointments under paragraph 107 of the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff or Hospital Practitioner appointments. ║ Whole-time equivalent at 30 September each year.