§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each of the last five years(a) the number of dental practitioners, (b) the number of NHS patients registered with dental practitioners and (c) the proportion NHS patients were of the total numbers of patients treated, for (i) City and East London FHSA and (ii) the London borough of Newham. [27337]
§ Mr. MalonePatients are free to visit or register with dentists outside their family health services authority area. Therefore the total number of patients resident in City and East London Family Health Services Authority who visit dentists either privately or on a national health service basis is not known. The available information is shown in the table.
General Dental Service: number of dentists1 and the number of patients registered with a dentist practising in City and East London Family Health Services Authority at 30 September2 from 1990 to 1994 Dentists Patients registered 1990 189 — 1991 173 166,940 1992 175 281,951 1993 169 288,397 1994 168 282,484 1 Some dentists have contracts in more than one Family Health Services Authority. These dentists have been counted only once. 2 Prior to the introduction of the new contract in October 1990, patients were not required to be registered, therefore the figures for September 1991 are not strictly comparable with later years.
§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was funding per capita on NHS dentistry for each year since 1990. [28090]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation for the general dental services is shown in the table.
General Dental Services: Gross and net cost per capita from 1988–89; to 1994–95. England £ Year Gross expenditure Net expenditure 1989–90 19.87 12.19 1990–91 21.74 13.80 1991–92 25.85 17.47 1992–93 26.99 18.83 1993–94 25.17 17.61 1994–95 26.42 18.49 Expenditure for 1994–95 is provisional.
Population estimates at June.