§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many duplicate registrations were eliminated by the Dental Practice Board in each six-month period between January 1990 and January 1994 and in each month since January 1994; and what estimate he makes of the number of duplicate registrations in place in January of each year since 1990. [35088]
§ Mr. MaloneThe table sets out the number of duplicate general dental service registrations that were eliminated by the Dental Practice Board in each six-monthly period between January 1990 and January 1994 and in each month since January 1994.
374WA reliable estimate cannot be made of the amount of duplication that remains within registrations. The Dental Practice Board is continually seeking to reduce the level of duplication.
General Dental Service: Number of duplicate registrations eliminated 1990–96, England Month Adults Children Total July-December 1990 0 0 0 January-June 1991 0 0 0 July-December 1991 0 0 0 January-June 1992 370,500 0 370,500 July-December 1992 469,855 65,406 535,261 January-June 1993 378,744 124,542 503,286 July-December 1993 129,310 45,768 175,078 1994 January 87,983 21,988 109,971 February 49,881 13,772 63,653 March 54,022 17,234 71,256 April 115,593 31,407 147,000 May 447,505 127,396 574,901 June 104,052 36,408 140,460 July 98,484 31,162 129,646 August 100,723 37,429 138,152 September 103,504 34,290 137,794 October 105,400 37,916 143,316 November 105,197 37,477 142,674 December 95,478 29,457 124,935 1995 January 93,583 26,398 119,981 February 96,792 34,400 131,192 March 106,942 36,953 143,895 April 98,407 35,994 134,401 May 98,249 34,802 133,051 June 100,535 33,892 134,427 July 98,091 32,643 130,734 August 99,407 37,960 137,367 September 101,805 34,798 136,603 October 109,898 41,864 151,762 November 98,404 37,171 135,575 December 103,385 33,932 137,317 1996 January 102,101 30,201 132,302 February 105,089 38,947 144,036 March 111,490 38,598 150,088 April 98,339 38,629 136,968 Central formal registration was introduced in October 1990. From the outset the Dental Practice Board's systems ensured that the same patient (as defined by first initial, surname, sex and date of birth) could not be registered more than once with the same dentist. The "eliminated duplicates" shown in the table represent detected duplicates where the same person was registered with more than one dentist.
The numbers eliminated in 1992 contain estimates because recorded data is for England and Wales.