HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 cc223-7W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists solely offered national health service treatment in(a) September 1992 and (b) September 1996. [7972]

Mr. Malone

Data on the number of dentists who offer solely national health service treatment are not collected centrally.

Mr. Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 28 November,Official Report, column 372, if he will list the number of national health service dentists for each health authority in England on (a) 30 September 1992 and (b) 30 September 1996. [7985]

Mr. Malone

Data on the number of general dental service dentists were collected by family health services authority before 1 April 1996 and by health authority thereafter. The data at 30 September 1992 and 30 September 1996 are set out in tables 1 and 2.

Boundary changes have taken place and even where the authorities have the same name the authority areas may not be identical.

Table 1: General Dental Service: number of dentists by family health services authority, at 30 September 1992
England
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists
England 15,411
Cleveland 166

Table 1: General Dental Service: number of dentists by family health services authority, at 30 September 1992
England
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists
Cumbria 143
Durham 142
Northumberland 83
Gateshead 64
Newcastle upon Tyne 96
North Tyneside 59
South Tyneside 45
Sunderland 70
Humberside 205
North Yorkshire 235
Bradford 144
Calderdale 56
Kirklees 116
Leeds 258
Wakefield 87
Derbyshire 257
Leicestershire 238
Lincolnshire 123
Nottinghamshire 272
Barnsley 62
Doncaster 85
Rotherham 62
Sheffield 165
Cambridgeshire 179
Norfolk 223
Suffolk 196
Bedfordshire 140
Hertfordshire 381
Barnet 139
Brent and Harrow 192
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 259
Hillingdon 80
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 209
Essex 438
Barking and Havering 99
Camden and Islington 175
City and East London 175
Enfield and Haringey 168
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 147
East Sussex 273
Kent 495
Greenwich and Bexley 150
Bromley 123
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 268
Surrey 455
West Sussex 283
Croydon 125
Kingston and Richmond 128
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 246
Dorset 229
Hampshire 512
Wiltshire 173
Isle of Wight 46
Berkshire 251
Buckinghamshire 243
Northamptonshire 140
Oxfordshire 191
Avon 360
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 141
Devon 366
Gloucestershire 204
Somerset 149
Hereford and Worcester 207
Salop 123
Staffordshire 237
Warwickshire 131

Table 1: General Dental Service: number of dentists by family health services authority, at 30 September 1992
England
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists
Birmingham 300
Coventry 82
Dudley 74
Sandwell 71
Solihull 53
Walsall 59
Wolverhampton 64
Cheshire 331
Liverpool 146
St. Helens and Knowsley 89
Sefton 90
Wirral 112
Lancashire 421
Bolton 74
Bury 55
Manchester 177
Oldham 69
Rochdale 57
Salford 62
Stockport 107
Tameside 66
Trafford 85
Wigan 85

1. The figures represent the number of dentists (principals) on the family health services authority/health authority list and their assistants and vocational trainees.

2. Some dentists have a contract with a more than one FHSA/HA, these dentists are counted only once.

3. The figures exclude salaried, hospital and community dentists.

Table 2: General Dental Services: number of dentists, by health services authority, at 30 September 1996
England
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists
England 16,336
Bradford 141
Calderdale and Kirklees 180
East Riding 143
Gateshead and South Tyneside 122
Leeds 256
Newcastle and North Tyneside 157
North Cumbria 107
North Yorkshire 264
Northumberland 96
Sunderland 74
Tees 183
Wakefield 92
County Durham 151
Barnsley 54
South Humber 72
Doncaster 92
Leicestershire 257
Lincolnshire 134
North Derbyshire 108
North Nottinghamshire 106
Nottingham 200
Rotherham 68
Sheffield 181
South Derbyshire 156
Bedfordshire 150
Berkshire 276
Buckinghamshire 238
Cambridge and Huntingdon 121
East Norfolk 219

Table 2: General Dental Services: number of dentists, by health services authority, at 30 September 1996
England
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists
Northamptonshire 158
North West Anglia 105
Oxfordshire 195
Suffolk 201
Enfield and Haringey 191
East London and The City 193
Barking and Havering 114
South Essex 210
Brent and Harrow 202
North Essex 266
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 316
Camden and Islington 185
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 203
Redbridge and Waltham forest 152
Barnet 141
Hillingdon 89
West Hertfordshire 214
East and North Hertfordshire 193
Bexley and Greenwich 146
Bromley 123
Croydon 134
Kingston and Richmond 139
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 253
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 276
East Surrey 195
West Surrey 271
East Kent 182
West Kent 358
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 289
West Sussex 295
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 149
North and East Devon 166
South and West Devon 224
Somerset 163
Avon 379
Wiltshire 177
North and Mid Hampshire 178
Southampton and South-west Hampshire 177
Portsmouth and South-east Hampshire 167
Dorset 240
Isle of Wight 43
Gloucestershire 201
Herefordshire 62
Worcestershire 173
Shropshire 126
North Staffordshire 108
South Staffordshire 152
Warwickshire 144
Birmingham 304
Coventry 77
Dudley 84
Sandwell 84
Solihull 59
Walsall 58
Wolverhampton 64
Bury and Rochdale 122
East Lancashire 157
Liverpool 150
Manchester 172
Morecambe Bay 103
North Cheshire 89
North West Lancashire 159
St. Helens and Knowsley 96
Salford and Trafford 152
Sefton 92
South Cheshire 244

Table 2: General Dental Services: number of dentists, by health services authority, at 30 September 1996
England
Family Health Services Authority Number of dentists
South Lancashire 83
Stockport 110
Wigan and Bolton 178
Wirral 129
West Pennine 154

1. The figures represent the number of dentists (principals) on the family health services authority/health authority list and their assistants and vocational trainees.

2. Some dentists have a contract with a more than one FHSA/HA, these dentists are counted only once.

3. The figures exclude salaried, hospital and community dentists.

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