§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are her estimates for gross payments per dentist in 1992–93 and net income per dentist after expenses in 1992–93.
§ Dr. MawhinneyWe estimated that the new fee scale, introduced on 8 July 1992, would deliver a gross income of about £88,000 to the average dentist. However, the full effects of the revised fee scale are not yet apparent, and it is too early to revise the estimate of either dentists' gross earnings or net income in 1992–93. Dentists should, however, still receive several thousand pounds more than the target average net income recommended by the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing the average gross payments for a general dental practitioner for each of the first 10 months of 1992–93 broken down into(a) adult item of service, (b) continuing care, (c) child item of service and (d) capitation.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information requested (the latest available for the last 10 months) is set out in the table.
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The above figures were obtained by dividing expenditure on the GDS in England, excluding direct reimbursement of business rates and other payments made by FHSAs, by the number of general dental practitioners in England at 30 June 1992 (14,865). These data are not compatible with the data used by the Dental Rates Study Group.