§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each family health services authority since July 1992(a) the number of patients seeking emergency dental treatment from their general practitioners, (b) the number of courses of dental treatment given by general practitioners and (c) the number of patient referrals of dental emergency cases referred to accident and emergency departments.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 21 October 1993]: Information about the number of patients seeking emergency dental treatment from their dentists and the number of patients referred to accident and emergency departments for emergency dental treatment is not available centrally.
The number of courses of dental treatment for England for the period July 1992 to September 1993 is shown in the table. Since October 1990, the majority of treatment for children has been carried out under capitation arrangements where courses of treatment are not identified separately. Figures for adults and children, therefore, are not comparable.
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General Dental Service—England Number of courses of dental treatments July 1992—September 1993 FHSA Adults Children Total Cleveland 369,555 73,630 443,185 Cumbria 338,625 36,281 374,906 Durham 337,890 51,994 389,884 Northumberland 184,219 23,283 207,502 Gateshead 120,675 12,995 133,670 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 166,550 24,226 190,776 North Tyneside 131,660 13,003 144,663 South Tyneside 82,757 10,490 93,247 Sunderland 160,977 19,461 180,438 Humberside 542,782 72,620 615,402 North Yorkshire 541,998 51,774 593,772 Bradford 324,423 34,536 358,959 Calderdale 143,770 13,557 157,327 Kirklees 252,634 27,671 280,305 Leeds 537,280 66,272 603,552 Wakefield 216,434 27,187 243,621 Derbyshire 575,467 66,015 641,482 Leicestershire 609,115 65,521 674,636 Lincolnshire 413,594 34,405 447,999 Nottinghamshire 719,506 90,378 809,884 Barnsley 124,232 15,911 140,143 Doncaster 186,843 29,499 216,342 Rotherham 137,179 22,534 159,713 Sheffield 378,459 42,302 420,761 Cambridgeshire 465,092 43,629 508,721 Norfolk 568,956 49,615 618,571 Suffolk 539,891 44,508 584,399 Bedfordshire 275,019 30,472 305,491 Hertfordshire 671,651 80,738 752,389 Barnet 123,839 27,158 150,997 Brent and Harrow 244,065 38,931 282,996 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 321,604 36,907 358,511 Hillingdon 149,341 16,970 166,311 Kensington Chelsea and Westminster 150,662 9,032 159,694 Essex 872,921 112,339 985,260 Barking and Havering 197,066 26,323 223,389 Camden and Islington 204,662 13,547 218,209
FHSA Adults Children Total City and East London 244,619 39,207 283,826 Enfield and Haringey 221,331 29,543 250,874 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 228,490 36,775 265,265 East Sussex 541,721 40,802 582,523 Kent 846,171 96,875 943,046 Greenwich and Bexley 237,794 38,914 276,708 Bromley 107,670 25,650 133,320 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 384,435 29,593 414,028 Surrey 676,006 71,844 747,850 West Sussex 555,669 51,331 607,000 Croydon 201,671 28,365 230,036 Kingston and Richmond 137,557 24,103 161,660 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 305,412 37,063 342,475 Dorset 577,023 41,248 618,271 Hampshire 1,200,796 93,460 1,294,256 Wiltshire 401,007 33,612 434,619 Isle of Wight 104,149 5,867 110,016 Berkshire 434,168 51,775 485,943 Buckinghamshire 364,331 39,991 404,322 Northamptonshire 374,080 35,003 409,083 Oxfordshire 332,881 31,362 364,243 Avon 779,511 70,834 850,345 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 324,227 25,192 349,419 Devon 788,370 67,626 855,996 Gloucestershire 385,755 32,351 418,106 Somerset 406,295 34,695 440,990 Hereford and Worcester 509,949 52,321 562,270 Shropshire 303,768 31,680 335,448 Staffordshire 634,179 74,833 709,012 Warwickshire 337,708 30,487 368,195 Birmingham 630,222 77,623 707,845 Coventry 173,549 19,402 192,951 Dudley 201,674 18,780 220,454 Sandwell 177,813 13,620 191,433 Solihull 120,997 13,558 134,555 Walsall 137,287 19,251 156,538 Wolverhampton 162,244 10,732 172,976 Cheshire 696,882 79,348 776,230 Liverpool 277,480 47,775 325,255 St. Helens and Knowsley 187,891 26,659 214,550 Sefton 208,859 21,530 230,389 Wirral 230,016 26,954 256,970 Lancashire 879,956 112,147 992,103 Bolton 179,255 20,511 199,766 Bury 118,302 15,275 133,577 Manchester 291,239 33,669 324,908 Oldham 139,932 21,931 161,863 Rochdale 123,937 14,882 138,819 Salford 138,175 20,060 158,235 Stockport 249,835 25,285 275,120 Tameside 130,644 21,181 151,825 Trafford 179,255 22,745 202,000 Wigan 196,855 28,142 224,997 ENGLAND 31,160,435 3,469,176 34,629,611