§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many courses of dental treatment were undertaken in each health board area in Scotland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. StewartThe information is set out in the table. The figures from 1 October 1990 are for adults only, as under the new dental contract introduced from that date children are now treated under capitation arrangements to provide continuing care, and no longer undergo individual courses of treatment. At 31 March 1992, 622,000 children were registered with dentists in Scotland under capitation arrangements.
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Health board 1987 1988 1989 19903 19901 4 1991–922 Forth Valley 150,978 157,174 160,965 117,794 26,838 130,389 Grampian 292,001 292,106 303,233 218,533 55,136 267,042 Greater Glasgow 513,945 527,965 537,454 393,481 93,387 441,154 Highland 101,489 104,525 111,009 82,916 19,793 94,050 Lanarkshire 300,227 306,231 309,381 224,996 48,213 219,558 Lothian 458,153 471,551 490,115 355,469 85,992 396,777 Orkney 8,147 8,231 8,598 6,599 1,968 7,438 Shetland 5,551 6,445 7,604 5,713 1,832 6,589 Tayside 268,986 275,142 284,822 210,381 47,108 222,697 Western Isles 10,029 9,347 9,239 6,116 1,307 7,553 Scotland 2,987,161 3,052,917 3,142,700 2,293,232 535,547 2,484,539 1 New contract for general dental services introduced on 1 October 1990. 2 With effect from 1 April 1991 the method of collecting statistical information was changed to reflect financial years. 3 January to September. 4 October to December.