§ Lord Colwynasked Her Majesty's Government:
What guidance have they given to family health services authorities on deciding when it is necessary to employ salaried dentists and what they estimate to be the total cost of providing premises, equipment, staff, laboratory bills and other necessities for a newly established salaried dentists.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)Health Service Guidelines HSG(92)27, a copy of which is in the Library, issued in May 1992 to all family health services authorities, set out the action which they should take if they consider it necessary to employ a salaried dentist.
The main elements involved in employing a salaried dentist are the salaries of the dentist and the auxiliary dental staff and the cost of premises and equipment. The salary scale for a dentist ranges from £18,755 to £27,305 and for a dental auxiliary from £6,118 to £18,039. The cost of premises varies from area to area.
§ Lord Colwynasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether patients of salaried dental practitioners have the same benefits of registration as do patients of other general dental practitioners, and whether their registration has to he renewed.
§ Baroness CumberlegeYes.