§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many family health services authorities have been unable to provide emergency dental services in each month since July 1992.
§ Dr. MawhinneyI shall let the hon. Member have such information as is available as soon as possible.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have contacted each FHSA asking for help in finding a dentist in each month since July 1992.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information will be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many FHSAs have referred patients who have been unable to obtain treatment from a general dental practitioner to(a) the community dental service, (b) the hospital dental service and (c) a salaried dentist, in each month since July 1992.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe available information is shown in the table.
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Total number of Family Health Services Authorities referring patients to either Community Dental Service, Hospital Dental Service or a salaried dentist since July 19921 England Week ending FHSAs 3 July 1992 20 10 July 1992 23 17 July 1992 19 24 July 1992 18 31 July 1992 22 7 August 1992 26 14 August 1992 21 21 August 1992 24 28 August 1992 25 4 September 1992 23 11 September 1992 26 18 September 1992 23 25 September 1992 24 2 October 1992 22 9 October 1992 24 16 October 1992 23 23 October 1992 24 30 October 1992 26 6 November 1992 28 13 November 1992 28 20 November 1992 27 27 November 1992 25 4 December 1992 26 11 December 1992 27 18 December 1992 27 25 December 1992 — 1 January 1993 — 8 January 1993 25 15 January 1993 28 22 January 1993 31 29 January 1993 30 5 February 1993 25 12 February 1993 26 19 February 1993 30 26 February 1993 28 5 March 1993 27 12 March 1993 28 19 March 1993 27 26 March 1993 25 2 April 1993 25 9 April 1993 25 16 April 1993 25 23 April 1993 23 30 April 1993 28 7 May 1993 26 14 May 1993 27 21 May 1993 24 28 May 1993 26 4 June 1993 24 11 June 1993 27 18 June 1993 25 25 June 1993 27 2 July 1993 23 9 July 1993 25 16 July 1993 26 23 July 1993 26 30 July 1993 25 6 August 1993 25 13 August 1993 23 20 August 1993 26 27 August 1993 22
Week ending FHSAs 3 September 1993 24 10 September 1993 25 17 September 1993 26 24 September 1993 24 1 October 1993 25 8 October 1993 27 15 October 1993 27 22 October 1993 26 29 October 1993 22 5 November 1993 25 12 November 1993 26 19 November 1993 24 26 November 1993 26 3 December 1993 27 10 December 1993 28 17 December 1993 29 24 December 1993 — 31 December 1993 — 7 January 1994 25 14 January 1994 29 21 January 1994 29 28 January 1994 30 4 February 1994 31 1 Data were not collected over the Christinas and new year period.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many FHSAs have appointed salaried dentists; and how many dentists have been appointed.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThere are currently 92 salaried dentists employed by 22 family health services authorities.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have given written notice to each FHSA to remove their name from the dental list since July 1992.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information is shown in the table. The total number of dentists who have given written notice to family health services authorities to remove their names from the dental list since July 1992 is 297. A total of 347 dentists were added to the lists in the period 30 June 1992 to 30 September 1993.
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Number of dentists who have given written notice to remove their name from the dental list since July 1992, by Family Health Services Authority England Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists England 297 Cleveland — Cumbria — Durham — Northumberland — Gateshead — Newcastle-upon-Tyne — North Tyneside — South Tyneside — Sunderland — Humberside 3 North Yorkshire — Bradford — Calderdale 16 Kirklees — Leeds — Wakefield 3 Derbyshire — Leicestershire — Lincolnshire — Nottinghamshire — Barnsley — Doncaster — Rotherham — Sheffield —
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists Cambridgeshire — Norfolk 3 Suffolk — Bedfordshire — Hertfordshire — Barnet — Brent and Harrow — Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 1 Hillingdon — Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea 1 Essex 3 Barking and Havering 29 Camden and Islington — City and East London 42 Enfield and Haringey 30 Redbridge and Waltham Forest — East Sussex 13 Kent 35 Greenwich and Bexley 21 Bromley 13 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 13 Surrey 1 West Sussex — Croydon 5 Kingston and Richmond — Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 16 Dorset — Hampshire 2 Wiltshire — Isle of Wight — Berkshire — Buckinghamshire — Northamptonshire — Oxfordshire 1 Avon — Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1 Devon 1 Gloucestershire — Somerset 3 Hereford and Worcester — Shropshire — Staffordshire — Warwickshire — Birmingham — Coventry — Dudley 1 Sandwell — Solihull — Walsall — Wolverhampton 1 Cheshire — Liverpool — St. Helens and Knowsley — Sefton 4 Wirral 1 Lancashire — Bolton 16 Bury — Manchester 1 Oldham — Rochdale — Salford 2 Stockport 3 Tameside 1 Trafford 11 Wigan —
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists who have not given notice to leave the dental list have given written notice to the FHSA to deregister some or all of their continuing care arrangements for adult patients in each month since July 1992; how many dentists have deregistered patients; and how many patients have been deregistered.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyTables will be placed in the Library which show for each month the number of dentists in contract with each family health services authority who have deregistered adult patients and the total number of adult patients deregistered since July 1992. Where dentists hold contracts with more than one FHSA, the numbers of dentists quoted could include duplications. The information provided weekly by FHSAs since July 1992 shows that in the period up to 4 February 1994, 2,513 dentists gave written notification to deregister 629,318 adult patients.
Despite these notified deregistrations, the total number of adult patients registered with a dentist in England increased by over 1 million—4.96 per cent.—from 20.580 million to 21.601 million over the period 1 July 1992 to 30 November 1993.