§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dental patients were registered at 31 March in each health board area in Scotland. [25350]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 May 1995]: The number of patients registered with a dentist at 31 March in each health board area in Scotland is shown in the table.
Dental patients registered at 31 March 1995—by Health Board area in Scotland Health board Patients registered Scotland 2,473,758 Argyll and Clyde 204,708 Ayrshire and Arran 192,382 Borders 55,105 Dumfries and Galloway 65,869 Fife 170,247 Forth Valley 132,150 Grampian 256,628 Greater Glasgow 458,436 Highland 82,613 Lanarkshire 241,947 Lothian 375,991 Orkney 4,766 Shetland 6,822 Tayside 217,007 Western Isles 9,087