§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board area in Scotland(a) the number of patients treated by dentists and (b) the number of patients treated by a dentist who did not make any payment for their treatment for each financial year since 1985–86. [15531]
Lord James Douglas-Hamiliton[holding answer 23 March 1995]: The information is in the tables. Information for earlier years is not available.
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Table 2 Courses of dental treatment where no patient charge was paid—by health board in Scotland Financial year Health board 1988–891 1989–901 1990–911 1991–922 1992–932 1993–942 Scotland 1,529,429 1,581,655 1,196,154 777,773 854,629 933,652 Argyll and Clyde 140,761 146,968 109,311 72,294 80,985 89,228 Ayrshire and Arran 141,165 143,430 108,525 65,558 71,480 77,712 Borders 28,210 29,861 22,210 14,255 15,563 16,616 Dumfries and Galloway 44,191 45,672 31,226 17,371 17,293 18,868 Fife 108,594 112,357 80,831 44,147 47,183 52,124 Forth Valley 79,549 81,128 61,271 39,882 43,424 47,026 Grampian 111,280 113,543 85,181 61,382 64,677 70,219 Greater Glasgow 299,536 131,121 255,779 185,849 208,212 220,979 Highland 50,653 52,342 41,419 26,324 27,126 29,584 Lanarkshire 173,641 175,227 126,792 79,394 86,461 94,743 Lothian 207,967 219,537 163,853 104,530 117,025 131,791 Orkney 2,810 2,875 1,844 1,318 1,225 1,234 Shetland 1,080 1,357 1,370 1,188 1,267 1,656 Tayside 136,157 140,172 103,695 69,109 69,951 79,150 Western Isles 3,835 4,065 2,849 2,172 2,757 2,722 1 1988–89 to 1990–91 information relates to all courses of treatment for adults and children. 2 1991–92 onwards information relates to all courses of treatment for adults and to courses of treatment for children where an item-of-service fee was paid. Since October 1990 most treatment for children has been provided under capitation arrangements and is not counted as individual courses of treatment.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board area in Scotland the average amount paid in charges by a patient receiving dental treatment for each financial year since 1985–86. [15538]
Average amount paid in charges by dental patients1—Scotland Health board 1988–892 £ 1989–902 £ 1990–912 £ 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ Scotland 16.90 22.00 23.60 24.34 23.59 23.37 Argyll and Clyde 17.00 22.50 25.00 25.06 24.69 24.52 Ayrshire and Arran 17.00 22.00 23.30 24.04 22.40 22.51 Borders 12.30 16.20 17.30 17.55 18.36 18.38 Dumfries and Galloway 15.90 21.00 21.50 22.49 21.40 21.82 Fife 15.50 20.50 22.30 22.99 22.47 22.26 Forth Valley 17.70 23.00 24.50 24.96 24.05 23.44 Grampian 15.90 20.50 21.50 22.22 21.82 21.30 Greater Glasgow 19.10 24.90 26.90 27.80 27.03 26.90 Highland 19.50 24.60 26.60 26.87 25.21 23.95 Larnarkshire 17.70 23.20 25.50 26.83 25.56 24.86 Lothian 16.60 21.70 23.10 23.68 23.03 22.88 Orkney 11.20 15.10 15.00 16.42 17.47 18.41 Shetland 15.70 19.20 19.10 19.66 22.42 27.09 Tayside 15.70 21.10 22.50 22.98 22.34 22.64 Western Isles 14.00 19.60 21.50 27.51 26.75 24.56 1 Total amount paid by patients divided by the total number of courses of treatment for patients who paid a charge. 2 Figures for 1988–89 to 1990–91 are rounded to nearest 10p.
§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to his answer on 21 March,Official Report, column 174, what was the number of (a) deregistrations from NHS dentists to enter private contract by agreement, (b) deregistrations attributable to a dentist leaving a practice and (c) NHS registered dental patients, in respect of each health board area in Scotland and in respect of each year since 1991–92. [16369]
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 28 March 1995]: The information requested about deregistrations is not available centrally. Information about the numbers of NHS registered dental patients in each health board area since 1991–92 is contained in the table.
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§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 March 1995]: The information is in the table. Information for earlier years is not available in this form.
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Dental patients registered at 31 March by health board in Scotland Financial Year Health Board 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Argyll and Clyde 213,990 212,219 207,647 Ayrshire and Arran 221,072 200,998 198,376 Borders 52,771 53,897 53,238 Dumfries and Galloway 74,290 71,220 68,292 Fife 167,285 171,475 170,690 Forth Valley 129,146 133,441 131,571 Grampian 246,479 259,362 260,173 Greater Glasgow 458,557 474,592 464,351
Dental patients registered at 31 March by health board in Scotland Financial Year Health Board 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Highland 102,894 99,161 92,670 Lanarkshire 233,418 242,743 240,001 Lothian 374,659 389,764 385,702 Orkney 5,525 7,267 7,961 Shetland 7,034 7,004 7,823 Tayside 207,270 216,441 217,565 Western Isles 8,294 8,511 8,756 Scotland 2,502,684 2,548,095 2,514,816