§ Mrs. BeckettTo 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. BeckettTo 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.
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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.