§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if patients retain their rights under the national health service complaints procedure when being seen by consultants working for Trafalgar Medical Services in Sheffield.
§ Mr. DorrellI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett), on 11 June at columns498–99.
Under the provisions of the patients charter all those receiving NHS-funded treatment, regardless of where that treatment is delivered, will have access from 1 April 1992 to the NHS, or similar, complaints procedures. Arrangements are currently being made to have suitable procedures in place for all providers of NHS-funded care.
Treatment Quarter ending Year ending December 1990 March 1991 June 1991 September 1991 September 1991 Children 24A1 1–4 teeth 26,174 27,307 32,182 31,907 117,570 5–9 teeth 9,353 4,153 4,148 3,633 21,287 10–16 teeth 112 95 135 211 553 17 or more 18 0 0 19 37 Maximum 0 19 19 58 96 Child Occasional 54A1 1–4 teeth 810 1,982 1,675 614 5,081 5–9 teeth 92 133 154 115 494 10–16 teeth 0 0 0 0 0 17 or more 0 19 0 0 19 Maximum 0 0 0 0 0 Total 36,559 33,708 38,313 36,557 145,137 Children Item 24B1 Inhalation 2,045 1,367 1,375 1,671 6,458 Injection 116 110 212 193 631 Children Item 54B1 Inhalation 92 191 115 96 494 Injection 0 19 38 58 115 Total 2,253 1,687 1,740 2,018 7,698 Grand Total 38,812 35,395 40,053 38,575 152,835 Source: Dental Practice Board; 5 percent. sample of all treatments.