§ Dr. GodmanTo ask sthe Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were registered as national health service dental patients in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole in each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. StewartFormal arrangements for patients to be registered with a specific dentist were introduced under the new contract for general dental practitioners on 1 October 1990. The number of people registered in each of the four health board areas within Strathclyde region and the total number registered in Scotland is contained in the table. Information for individual local government districts and regional areas is not available.
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Number of people registered with a dentist in Scotland as at 31 March Health Board Area 1991 1992 1993 Argyll and Clyde 146,481 212,879 211,071 Ayrshire and Arran 170,743 219,701 199,510 Greater Glasgow 296,476 456,581 472,401 Lanarkshire 150,452 233,418 242,743 Scotland—Total 1,710,947 2,485,531 2,528,268