HC Deb 30 October 1995 vol 265 cc124-6W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board area in Scotland for each financial year since 1990–91 the numbers of patients registered with a dentist and the total number of patients registered with a dentist in Scotland for each year during this period. [39395]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 26 October 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the answers which I gave him on 23 March 1995, Official Report, columns 956–57, and 23 May 1995, column 739.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board area in Scotland for each financial year since 1990–91 the number of patients removed by dentists from their

October 1990-March 1991 April 1991-March 1992 April 1992-March 1993 April 1993-March 1994 April 1994-March 1995
Health board No. of patients dentists de-registered No of dentists involved1 No. of patients dentists de-registered No of dentists involved1 No. of patients dentists de-registered No of dentists involved1 No. of patients dentists de-registered No of dentists involved1 No. of patients dentists de-registered No of dentists involved1
Argyll and Clyde 3 1 25 2 2,241 14 42 7 — 5
Ayrshire and Arran — — 14 10 1,309 11 400 13 91 17
Borders 1 1 11 4 1,432 4 683 4 41 4
Dumfries and Galloway — — 11 2 4,518 10 1,388 10 901 17
Fife 1 1 — — 295 32 417 21 510 24
Forth Valley — — 42 12 201 23 63 18 210 35
Grampian — — 9 5 257 21 179 18 361 44
Greater Glasgow 7 5 41 36 579 45 339 49 1,070 87
Highland 4 3 19 12 210 24 73 24 78 33
Lanarkshire 4 4 70 10 252 29 145 25 83 65
Lothian 18 2 101 21 483 23 1,625 17 1,319 23
Orkney — — — — — — — — — —
Shetland — — — — — — — — — —
Tayside n/a n/a n/a n/a 2063 293 57 11 641 48
Western Isles — — — — 37 4 16 4 — 4
n/a—not available.
1 Number of dentists involved in de-registration in a particular year.
2 For 1994–95 the figures show the running total of dentists involved in de-registration from July 1992 to March 1995.
3 From July 1992.

treatment and the number of dentists involved in this de-registration. [39396]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 26 October 1995]: Formal arrangements for patients to be registered with a dentist were introduced in October 1990. Information supplied by health boards about de-registrations since that date is contained in the table.