§ Mrs. MaddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have taken on new national health service patients in(a) Christchurch borough, (b) East Dorset district, (c) Dorset and (d) Great Britain in each year since 1979.
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§ Mr. MaloneThe available information is shown in the table.
Number of dentists who had additions to their register by year 1991 1992 1993 1994 Dorset 244 244 242 240 England 15,126 15,295 15,268 15,217 1. Additions to the register include instances of patients reregistering with a dentist after a break in attendance and instances of reinstatement of registrations that have been cancelled in error.
2. Some dentists have contracts with more than one family health services authority. The figure for Dorset includes all dentists in contract with Dorset FHSA meeting the criterion. The England figure represents the total number of dentists in contracts in England meeting the criterion.