§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health districts in England have permission to employ salaried dentists; and how many have now(a) recruited and (b) failed to recruit the approved number.
§ Mr. MaloneThe number of salaried dentists employed by English family health services authorities is shown in the table. In addition to those family health services authorities listed, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Kingston and Richmond, Northamptonshire and Solihull have been granted permission to employ salaried dentists. Information about vacancies is not available centrally.
Table 1: General Dented Service: Number of salaried dentists1 by family health services authority as at 30 September 1994 FHSA 30 September 1994 All FHSAs 115 Cumbria 1 Derbyshire 3 Cambridgeshire 3 Norfolk 3 Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea 9 Essex 2 City and East London 9 Kent 5 Greenwich and Bexley 7 Bromley 1 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 31 Surrey 5 West Sussex 1 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 2 Wiltshire 2 Isle of Wight 2 Buckinghamshire 4 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3 Gloucestershire 3 Somerset 4 Staffordshire 1 Cheshire 8 Liverpool 2 Lancashire 2 Manchester I Salford 1 Source
Dental Practice Board.
1 This is the number of salaried dentists with contracts registered at the DPB. It is not the number of salaried dentists in employment at the actual specified date.