Remedial Care (Hansard, 14 February 1995)

§ Dr. Godman
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of children and young persons who are currently providing a substantial amount of remedial care to sick, elderly and disabled relatives in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The only information available comes from the 1991 census of population and relates to "dependants". A dependant is defined as a person aged zero to 15, or a person aged 16 to 18 who 627W has never married, is in full-time education and economically inactive, or a person with a limiting long-term illness whose economic activity is "permanently sick" or "retired". The table shows the number of households where all residents were dependants and the youngest was aged five to 18 and the oldest 19 or over. However, the figures give no indication as to whether the child(ren) in such households actually provide a substantial amount of care for the adult dependant(s). Households which contain a 16 to 18-year-old non-dependant and one or more older dependants are not included.

Number of households

Area

Inverclyde 78

Strathclyde 2,241

Scotland 3,369

Dentists and dental list numbers in Scotland

Financial year

1992–1993 1993–1994

Health board Dentists¹ on HB lists Dental² list number commencements Dental² list number withdrawals Dentists¹ on HB lists Dental² list number commencements Dental² list number withdrawals

Argyll and Clyde 211 41 16 205 28 30

Ayrshire and Arran 134 13 4 139 21 17

Greater Glasgow 417 63 19 428 79 70

Lanarkshire 189 18 14 193 22 16

Scotland—Total 1,745 310 132 1,792 339 306

¹ Total number of individual dentists who practised during the financial year in each of the health boards. Dentists contracted to more than one health board are counted more than once. The total number of dentists shown in Scotland is the number of individual dentists with no double-counting.

² A dentist may hold one or more list number. The table shows a count of the list numbers that commenced or were surrendered in the given period, not dentists. Dentists may surrender health board list number for a variety of reasons—including moving to another health board area, practice reorganisation, or retirement.

§ Dr. Godman
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dentists in(a) Inverclyde and (b) Strathclyde have closed NHS registers to new patients in each year since 1992.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The information requested is not available. General dental practitioners on health board NHS dental lists are free to decide in each case whether to provide NHS treatment to an individual patient.

Number of households
Area
Inverclyde	78
Strathclyde	2,241
Scotland	3,369

Dentists and dental list numbers in Scotland
Financial year
	1992–1993	1993–1994
Health board	Dentists¹ on HB lists	Dental² list number commencements	Dental² list number withdrawals	Dentists¹ on HB lists	Dental² list number commencements	Dental² list number withdrawals
Argyll and Clyde	211	41	16	205	28	30
Ayrshire and Arran	134	13	4	139	21	17
Greater Glasgow	417	63	19	428	79	70
Lanarkshire	189	18	14	193	22	16
Scotland—Total	1,745	310	132	1,792	339	306
¹ Total number of individual dentists who practised during the financial year in each of the health boards. Dentists contracted to more than one health board are counted more than once. The total number of dentists shown in Scotland is the number of individual dentists with no double-counting.
² A dentist may hold one or more list number. The table shows a count of the list numbers that commenced or were surrendered in the given period, not dentists. Dentists may surrender health board list number for a variety of reasons—including moving to another health board area, practice reorganisation, or retirement.