§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices per region took NHS patients in 1992: what was the number in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaloneThe available information is shown in the table:
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General Dental Services: number of dentists who had additions to their register for 31 December 1992 and 1994: England Number of dentists who had additions to their register by year Regions 1992 1994 England 15,295 15,217 Northern 883 889 Yorkshire 1,158 1,142 Trent 1,283 1,308 East Anglia 619 622 North West Thames 1,511 1,508
General Dental Services: number of dentists who had additions to their register for 31 December 1992 and 1994: England Number of dentists who had additions to their register by year Regions 1992 1994 North East Thames 1,314 1,315 South East Thames 1,392 1,374 South West Thames 1,298 1,300 Wessex 1,005 990 Oxford 861 842 South Western 1,248 1,237 West Midlands 1,427 1,443 Mersey 773 773 North Western 1,289 1,278 Source:
Dental Practice Board.
Notes:
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. Dentists have been counted only once in the region which contains the family health services authority where the dentist does the majority of his/her work.
3. Regions were redefined from 1 April 1994; the previous regions have been used for both 1992 and 1994 to enable comparability.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been deregistered from their dentist since 1992 in each family health services authority area.
§ Mr. MaloneThis information will be placed in the Library.