§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo 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. MawhinneyThe number of salaried dentists employed by each family health services authority is shown in the table.
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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 PrenticeTo 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. MawhinneyThe costs of emergency dental services provided under arrangements made by family health services authorities are met centrally from the general dental services fund.