§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of dental practices in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich accepting all patients under the NHS.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information requested is not available. A survey in September 1991 of a 20 per cent. sample of dentists on Cheshire family health services authority's dental list suggested that some 87 per cent. of dentists were accepting all NHS patients and 92 per cent. were accepting particular groups of NHS patients.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich were treating NHS patients only in the years(a) 1985–86, (b) 1990–91 and (c) 1992–93.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information requested is not available. Dentists are free to practise privately and are not required to inform any authority about the number of their private patients.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number, total income generated and average cost of revenue generating courses of dental treatment(a) nationally and (b) in each National Health Service region for the years 1988 to 1991.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information requested is not available on a regional basis.
The table shows for England the number of courses of adult dental treatment which generated charge revenue, the charge revenue obtained and the average cost per course of adult treatment for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90. This information is not available for 1990–91 or 1991–92.
Number of courses Charge revenue Average cost per course of adult treatment 1988–89 20,410,940 £295,991,730 £28.74 1989–90 19,033,840 £369,811,560 £30.49
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices there are in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich.
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation is not collected in the form requested. There are currently 350 dentists on Cheshire family health services authority's dental list.
§ Mr. BellinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of dentists received a gross income of over £140,000 in 1991–92.
§ Dr. MawhinneySome 10 per cent. of dentists in England and Wales received a gross NHS income of over £140,000 in 1991–92.
§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have left the NHS since the introduction of the new dental contract.
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§ Dr. MawhinneySince the introduction of the new dental contract in October 1990, there has been a net increase of 52 dentists practising in the general dental services in England. At 31 March 1992 there were 15,532 dentists, 29 per cent. more than in 1979.