HC Deb 20 March 1995 vol 257 cc40-1W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists who have not given notice to leave the dental list have given written notice to each family health service authority to de-register some or all of their continuing care arrangements for adult patients in each month since July 1992; and how many patients have been de-registered by family health service authority and in total.

Mr. Malone

[holding answer 13 March 1995]: Information about the numbers of patients de-registered will be placed in the Library.

At the latest date for which figures are available, there were 20,712,569 adult patients registered with national health service dentists, an increase of 0.6 per cent. on July 1992.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many family health service authorities have referred patients who have been unable to obtain treatment from a general dental practitioner to(a) the community dental service, (b) the hospital dental service and (c) a salaried dentist in each month since July 1992.

Mr. Malone

[holding answer 13 March 1995]: The available information is shown in the tables.

Table 1: General Dental Service: number of Family Health Services Authorities who referred patients to the Community Dental Service, Hospital Dental Service or a Salaried Dentist in each month from July 1992 to July 1994
England
Month Number of FHSAs
1992
July 42
August 35
September 30
October 33
November 34
1993
December/January 36
February 33
March 30
April 31
May 32
June 30
July 34
August 30
September 31
October 33
November 30
1994
December/January 38
February 34
March 37
April 33
May 35
June 33
July 38

1. The Christmas period totals cover the months of December and January.

Table 2: General Dental Service: number of Family Health Services Authorities who referred patients to the Community Dental Service, Hospital Dental Service or a Salaried Dentist in each month from August 1994 to February 1995
England
Number of FHSAs referring patients to salaried
Month dentists CDS HDS
1994
August 15 14 4
September 12 20 7
October 12 16 4
November 12 15 4
1995
December/January 12 20 6
February 12 25 5

1. The Christmas period totals cover the months of December and January.

2. Information is only available from August 1994.