§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the increase or decrease in the number of dentists between 1985 and 1995 in the areas of(a) Kent, (b) Surrey, (c) Bedfordshire and (d) Buckinghamshire. [18273]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information is shown in the table.
General Dental Service: numbers of dentists1,2 in Kent, Surrey, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire family health services
authorities at 30 September 1995 and 30 September 1994.
FHSA 1985 1994 Increase Kent 458 540 82 Surrey 431 443 12 Bedfordshire 128 149 21 Buckinghamshire 189 240 51 Source: Dental Practice Board. Notes: 1 Includes principals, assistants and vocational trainees. Excludes hospital, community and salaried dentists. 2 Some dentists have contracts with more than one family health services authority. These dentists have been counted only once, in the family health services authority in which they hold their main contracts.