§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the total cost of producing the second in the series of dental postgraduate education videos, "ALARA"; and whether this can be broken down, approximately, into cost per video;
(2) what was the total number of the dental education videos, "ALARA", distributed in Britain; and what was the regional distribution pattern in terms of dental practices supplied;
(3) what categories of dental personnel were involved in the making of the dental educational video, "ALARA"; and what were the total numbers;
(4) what arrangements have been made by his Department to collect and analyse responses to the second educational dental video, "ALARA"; and whether the results of such an analysis will be made available generally to the dental profession.
§ Mr. FreemanThe dental educational video, ALARA, was produced at a cost of approximately £41,500, just under £4 a copy, and distributed to all dental practices in England providing general dental services. The video has also been made available to dental practices in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Twelve members of the profession took part in the production, including the president of the British Dental Association, a professor of dental radiology, a consultant dental surgeon, a postgraduate dental dean together with general dental practitioners and senior dental officers of the Department.
Arrangements have been made by the British Postgraduate Medical Federation, which commissioned the video, to receive dentists' comments. These will be analysed and the results published.