§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many courses of dental treatment were given in each regional health authority in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of the population in each area received no treatment at all during that period.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of courses of dental treatment provided under the NHS general dental services in each regional health authority in 1980 was:
Authority Number of courses of treatment(000s) Northern RHA 1,566 Yorkshire RHA 2,123 Trent RHA 2,647 East Anglian RHA 1,249 North-West Thames RHA 2,160 North-East Thames RHA 1,986 South-East Thames RHA 2,178 South-West Thames RHA 2,068 Wessex RHA 1,969 Oxford RHA 1,547 South-Western RHA 2,390 West Midlands RHA 2,971 Mersey RHA 1,440 North-Western RHA 2,319 Information is not available centrally on the proportion of population in each area receiving no treatment in the period.
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§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of dentists to people in each regional health authority; and if he will show the figures for each area of the West Midlands in particular.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergAt 30 September 1980 the numbers of dentists providing National Health Service general dental services per 10,000 population were as follows:
Regional Health Authority Number of Dentists per 10,000 population Northern 2.0 Yorkshire 2.3 Trent 2.1 East Anglia 2.4 North-West Thames 4.1 North-East Thames 2.9 South-East Thames 3.0 South-West Thames 3.8 Wessex 2.8 Oxford 2.6 South-Western 3.2 West Midlands 2.2 Mersey 2.5 North-Western 2.3 Family Practitioner Committee Areas in West Midlands Hereford and Worcester 2.2 Salop 2.6 Staffordshire 1.9 Warwickshire 2.3 Birmingham 2.6 Coventry 2.1 Dudley 1.9 Sandwell 2.2 Solihull 2.1 Walsall 1.6 Wolverhampton 1.9