§ Mr. McKelveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is her Department's assessment of the number of dentists who are refusing to undertake work under the national health service.
§ Mr. MaloneDentists are independent contractors who are free to undertake national health service work, private work or a mixture of the two. At 30 September 1994 there were 15,885 dentists under contract to family health service authorities in England, the highest September 315W quarter figure ever. Family health service authorities in England report that they can help patients to find national health service dentists.
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have given written notice to each family health service authority to remove their name from the dental list since July 1994.
§ Mr. MaloneThe information will be placed in the Library.
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have been added to the dental lists for each family health service authority since July 1994.
§ Mr. MaloneThis information is expected to be available in February, when it will be placed in the Library.