HC Deb 05 February 1993 vol 218 cc399-400W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many patients have been de-registered by their dentists for NHS treatment in(a) each Scottish health board and (b) Argyll and Bute since (i) 1979, (ii) 1 October 1990 and (iii) 8 July 1992.

Mr. Stewart

Formal arrangements for patients to be registered with a specific dentist were introduced under the new contract for general dental services on 1 October 1990. No information about de-registration is therefore available prior to October 1990. Information about de-registrations since 1 October 1990 supplied by health boards for their area is contained in the table. Information for individual local government districts is not available.

Number of Patients de-registered by dentists in Scotland by Health Board area
Health Board 1 October 1990 to 7 July 1992 8 July 1992 to 29 January 1993
Argyll and Clyde 49 2,222
Ayrshire and Arran 46 1,060
Borders 14 1,186
Dumfries and Galloway 72 3,394
Fife 10 241
Forth Valley 140 304
Grampian 18 1,864
Greater Glasgow 116 432
Highland 30 189
Lanarkshire 34 231
Lothian 142 330
Orkney Nil Nil
Shetland Nil Nil
Tayside 47 184
Western Isles Nil 11
Scotland (Total) 718 11,648

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