§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients have been deregistered from NHS dentists since July 1982. [40796]
§ Mr. RichardsInformation supplied by the family health services authorities shows that 52,781 patients in Wales have been deregistered since 1 August 1992.
This is a cumulative total and does not indicate how many of those patients subsequently registered with another dentist. Statistics published by the Dental Practice Board indicate that, at the end of June 1995, the number of registered patients in Wales was 35,891 higher than at 30 June 1992.