HC Deb 02 March 1994 vol 238 cc762-3W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have been recruited by each health authority in England in each of the last three years; and how many dentists are currently employed by each of England's health authorities.

Dr. Mawhinney

The number of salaried dentists employed by each family health services authority is shown in the table.

Number of salaried dentists as at 18 February 1994
England
Family health services authority Number of dentists
England 91
Cleveland
Cumbria 1
Durham
Northumberland
Gateshead
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland
Humberside
North Yorkshire
Bradford
Calderdale
Kirklees
Leeds
Wakefield
Derbyshire 2
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Barnsley
Doncaster
Rotherham
Sheffield
Cambridgeshire 4
Norfolk 3
Suffolk
Bedfordshire
Hertfordshire
Barnet
Brent and Harrow
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow
Hillingdon
Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea 9
Essex 3
Barking and Havering
Camden and Islington
City and East London 8
Enfield and Haringey
Redbridge and Waltham Forest
East Sussex
Kent 5
Greenwich and Bexley 7
Bromley 1
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 30
Surrey 3
Family health services authority Number of dentists
West Sussex 1
Croydon
Kingston and Richmond
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 1
Dorset
Hampshire
Wiltshire 1
Isle of Wight 1
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire 3
Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Avon
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3
Devon
Gloucestershire 1
Somerset
Hereford and Worcester
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Solihull
Walsall
Wolverhampton
Cheshire
Liverpool 2
St. Helens and Knowsley
Sefton
Wirral
Lancashire 1
Bolton
Bury
Manchester
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford 1
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional revenues she has made available to health authorities in(a) London and (b) England to enable them to respond to patients needing emergency national health service dental treatment.

Dr. Mawhinney

The costs of emergency dental services provided under arrangements made by family health services authorities are met centrally from the general dental services fund.