§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of payment claims made by dentists was reviewed in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; what was this percentage expressed in numerical terms; and how many were referred for further examination to the Scottish regional dental officers.
§ Mr. John MacKayEvery claim is routinely checked and all claims for complex and high cost treatment—currently about 100,000 or 4 per cent. of the total number 213W of claims—are examined by the dental advisers of the Scottish Dental Estimates Board. References to the regional dental officers were as follows:
Number 1980 1,740 1981 2,270 1982 2,570 1983 4,550
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the gross earnings of dentists in the National Health Service in each of the last five years, showing in each year the highest and lowest annual earnings paid.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
Year Highest gross earnings £
Lowest gross earnings £
1979 88,190 210 1980 116,497 423 1981 130,842 193 1982 152,326 93 1983 140,963 23
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of examinations which took place in 1980, 1981 and 1982 of the work done by those National Health dentists with gross earnings of £100,000 in the relevant year; and with what results.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
1980 1981 1982 Number of dentists with gross earnings of £100,000 or more 1 5 6 Number of references to the regional dental service in respect of work by those dentists 2 13 36 In two of the cases reported on by the regional dental service the dental advisors of the Scottish Dental Estimates Board considered that work had been unsatisfactory.